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