FAO =Food and Agriculture Organisation
FBI =Federal Bureau of Investigation (USA)
FBTR =Fast Breeder Test Reactor
FCI =Food Corporation ofIndia/ Fertilizer Corporation ofIndia
FDR =Flight Data Recorder (Black Box)
FERA = Foreign Exchange Regulation Act
FEMA = Foreign Exchange Management Act
FICCI =Federation ofIndiaChambers of Commerce and Industry
FIPB =Foreign Investment Promotion Board
FIR =First Information Report
FRS =Fellow of the Royal Society
FTII =Films and Television Institute ofIndia
FTZ =Free Trade Zone
GAIL =Gas Authority of India Limited
GATT =General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
GIC =General Insurance Corporation
GMT =Greenwich Mean Time
GNLF =Gorkha National Liberation Front
GNP =Gross National Product
GPF =General Provident Fund
GPO =General Post Office
GPS =Global Positioning System
GSI =Geological Survey ofIndia
HAC =Hindustan Aluminium Corporation
HAL =Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
HCF =Highest Common Factor
HDFC =Housing Development Finance Corporation
HIV =Human Immuno-deficiency Virus
HMT =HindustanMachine Tools
HUDCO = Housing and Urban Development Corporation
HYVS = High Yield Variety Seeds
IAAI =InternationalAirportAuthority ofIndia
lAC =Indian Airlines Corporation
IAEA =International Atomic Energy Agency
IARI =Indian Agricultural Research Institute
IBRD =International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
ICAR =Indian Council of Agricultural Research
ICBM =Inter Continental Ballistic Missile
ICC =International Cricket Council
ICFTU =International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
ICICI =Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Limited
ICJ =International Court of Justice
ICMR = Indian Council of Medical Research
ICSI =Indian Company Secretaries Institute
IDA =International Development Agency
IDBI =Industrial Development Bank ofIndia
IDO =International Defence Organisation
IDPL =Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited
IFA =Indian Football Association
IFCI =Industrial Finance Corporation ofIndia
IFFI =International Film Festival ofIndia
IFFCO =Indian Farmers Fertilizers Cooperative
IFTU =International Federation of Trade Unions
IIPA =Indian Institute of Public Administration
IIS =Indian Institute of Sciences
IISCO =Indian Iron and Steel Company
IIT =Indian Institute of Technology
ILO =International Labour Organisation
IMA =IndianMilitaryAcademy
IMF =International Monetary Fund
INGCA = Indira Gandhi Gallery for Culture and Art
INS =Indian Naval Ship
INSAT = Indian National Satellite
INTELSAT = International Telecommunication Satellite
INTERPOL =International Police Organisation
INTUC =Indian National Trade Union Congress
IOC =International Olympic Committee / Indian Oil Corporation
IPC =Indian Penal Code
IPKF =Indian Peace Keeping Force
IQ =Intelligence Quotient
IRBM =IntermediateRangeBallistic Missile
IRC =International Red Cross
IRDA =Insurance Regulatory Development Authority
IRDP =Integrated Rural Development Programme
ISB =Indian Standard Bureau
ISM =IndianSchoolof Mines
ISO =International Organisation for Standardisation
ISP =Internet Services Provider
ISRO =Indian Space Research Organisation
IST =Indian Standard Time
ITBP =Indo-Tibet Border Police
ITDC =Indian Tourism Development Corporation
ITPO =Indian Trade Promotion Organisation
ITO =International Trade Organisation
IUCN =InternationalUnionfor Conservation of Nature and Natural Resource
ITUC =Indian Trade Union Congress
JMM =Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
KG =Kinder Garten
LASER =Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission of Radiation
LIC =Life Insurance Corporation ofIndia
LLB =Bachelor of Law
LLM =Master of Law
LMG =Light Machine Gum
LoC =Line of Control (Pakistan)
LoAC =Line of Actual Control (China)
LPG =Liquefied Petroleum Gas
LSD =Lysergic acid diethylamide
LTTE =Liberation Tigers of TamilElam