Glossary

AA

Accounting Authority

AB

Andhra Bank

ADV

Ad-valorem

AFI

Alengar Foundations (I) Private Limited, Chennai

AHQ

Air Head Quarters

AO

Assessing Officer

APL

Adani Ports Limited

APM

Administered Price Mechanism

APSEB

Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Board

APT

Additional Product Tankage

ASEB

Assam State Electricity Board

ATF

Aviation Turbine Fuel

AY

Assessment Year

BEML

Bharat Earth Movers Limited

BG

Bank Guarantee

BHEL

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited

BIFR

Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction

BIL

Ballarpur Industries Limited

BKC

Bandra Kurla Complex

BLC

Balmer Lawrie & Company Limited

BNL

Beta Napthol Limited

BOD

Board of Directors

BOF

Basic Oxygen Furnace

BPE

Bureau of Public Enterprises

BPT

Bombay Port Trust

BRP

Belt Reconditioning Plant

BSEB

Bihar State Electricity Board

BSIL

Bulk Systems International Limited

BSNL

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

BSO

Branch Sales Office

BSP

Bhilai Steel Plant

C&F

Clearing and forwarding

CAO

Chief Accounts Officer

CAP

Covered and Plinth

CBDT

Central Board of Direct Taxes

CBI

Central Bureau of Investigation

CIDCO

City & Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Limited

CBEC

Central Board of Excise and Customs

CCA

Cash credit account

CCE

Chief controller of Explosives

CCL

Central Coalfields Limited

CDA

The Controller of Defence Accounts

CED

Central Excise Department

CFL

Coromandel Fertilisers Limited

CFS

Container Freight Station

CGM

Chief General Manager

CGMP

Chief General Manager Project

CHA

Clearing and handling agent

CHP

Coal handling plants

CIF

Cost Insurance and Freight

CIL

Coal Indian Limited

CIP

Carrier Identification Plate

CIWTC

Central Inland Water Transport Corporation Limited

CLO

Chief Law Officer

CMR

Custom Milled Price

CNCC

Credit note cum cheque

COD

Committee of Directors

COM

Committee of Management

COPU

Committee on Public Undertakings

CPCL

Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited

CPF

Contributory Provident Fund

CPP

Captive power plant

CPT

Calcutta Port Trust

CPTI

Coal Preparation Training Institute

CRM

Cold Rolling Mill

CRSS

Cold Rolled Stainless Steel Coil

CSC

Central Sales Centre

CSMS

Customer Service Management System

CVD

Counter veiling duty

CWC

Central Warehousing Corporation

DCA

Department of Company Affairs

DD

Doordarshan

DDF

Digital distribution Frames

DFC

Dining Facility Canteen

DFSC

District Food Supplies Controller

DG

Diesel generating

DGCA

Director General of Civil Aviation

DGFT

Director General of Foreign Trade

DGM

Deputy General Manager

DL

Dodsal Limited

DMRC

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited

DO

Divisional Office

DOT

Department of Telecommunications

DPE

Department of Public Enterprises

DPR

Detailed Project Report

DPs

Dispensing Pumps

DSP

Durgapur Steel Plant

DVC

Damodar Valley Corporation

ECGC

Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Limited

EFC

Expenditure Finance Committee

EPC

Engineering, procurement and construction

ERBC

Eastern Regional Business Centre

ESCL

Express Shipping & Carriers Limited

FAQ

Fair Average Quality

FBC

Fluidised Bed Combustion

FCI

Food Corporation of India

FCT

Free commercial time

FCU

Flight Catering Units

FSD

Food Storage Depot

GAIL

Gas Authority of India Limited

GAL

Gemini Arts (Private) Limited

GCP

Gas Cleaning Plant

GEP

General Electric Plastics, Netherlands

GESCO

Great Eastern Shipping Corporation Limited

GGL

Green Gardens Private Limited

GGS

Group Gathering Station

GHz

Giga Hertz

GIC

General Insurance Corporation of India

GIF

Gujarat Insurance Fund

GM

General Motors

GMs

General Managers

GMT

General Manager Telecom

GMTD

General Manager Telecom Division

GOAP

Government of Andhra Pradesh

GOI

Government of India

GRSE

Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited

GSA

General Sales Agent

GSI

Geological Survey of India

GTO

Geo-Technical Order

HAL

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

HCI

Hotel Corporation of India Limited

HDFC

Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited

HDPE

High Density Poly Ethylene

HOPL

Hind Offshore Private Limited, Mumbai

HPCL

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited

HPS

Heavy petroleum stock

HR

Hot Rolled

HRA

House rent Allowance

HRSS

Hot Rolled Stainless Steel Coil

HSC

Hind Sugar & Company Limited

HU

Hotel Units

HWCI

Hydraulic Well Control Inc. USA

IATA

International Air Travel Association

IBA

Indian Bankers Association

IBHL

Indbank Housing Limited

ICD

Inter Corporate Deposit

IFC

Interest free credit

IFFCO

Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited

IMD

India Meteorological Department

IMF

Indurating Machine Furnace

INMARSAT

International Maritime Satellite Organisation

INTELSAT

International Telecommunication Satellite

IOBL

Indian Oil Blending Limited

IOC

Indian Oil Corporation Limited

IPCL

Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited

IRR

Internal rate of return

ITD

Income Tax Department

ITU

International Telecommunication Union

JBL

Janani Builders Private Limited

JNPT

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust

JPAP

Janata Personal Accident Policies

JRP

Jenneys Residency Private Limited

JVSL

Jindal Vijayanagar Steel Limited

KCL

Kirloskar Cummins Limited

KEL

Kuluthara Exports Limited

KMDC

Karnataka Minorities Development Corporation Limited

KPTCL

Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited

KSWDC

Kerala State Women Development Corporation Limited

L&T

Larsen & Toubro Limited

LAM

Low ash metallurgical

LC

Letter of credit

LD

Liquidated damages

LDDC

Long Distance Data Circuits

LESO

Land Earth Station Operators

LHTEC

Light Helicopter Turbine Engine Company Limited

LLDPE

Low Linear Density Poly Ethylene

LME

London Metal Exchange

LOA

Letter of Award

LOI

Letter of intent

LOP

Liaison Officer Phones

LPG

Liquified Petroleum Gas

LTC

Leave Travel Concession

MBD

Machinery Breakdown Policy

Mbps

Mega bits per second

Mbs

Mega bits

MCA

Ministry of Civil Aviation

MCPL

Medchel Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Limited

MDL

Mazagon Dock Limited

MDN

Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited

MEA

Ministry of External Affairs

MECON

MECON (I) Limited

MGO

Minimum Guaranteed offtake

MIDCO

Mercantile and Industrial Development Company

MIM

MIM Technology Marketing Limited, England

MISL

Mideast Integrated Steel Limited

MMCB

Madhavpura Mercantile Co-operative Bank Limited

MMRDA

Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority

MMSM

Medium Merchant and Structural Mill

MOD

Ministry of Defence

MOI

Memorandum of Interest

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

MP

Members of Parliament

MPBCFDC

Madhya Pradesh Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation Limited

MPL

Mahalakshmi Properties Private Limited

MPM

Manji Engineering Private Limited

MPSEB

Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Board

MPT

Mumbai Port Trust

MRL

MRL Constructions Private Limited

MSEB

Maharashtra State Electricity Board

MSP

Minimum support Price

MSTC

Metal Scrap Trading Corporation Limited

MTNL

Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited

MTPA

Metric Tonne per annum

MTWCL

Medium Term Working Capital Loan

MUX

Multiplexer

NCL

Northern Coalfields Limited

NCP

Nawab Cashew Packers

NCR

National Capital Region

NCSL

Nandyal Cooperative Sugar Limited, Andhra Pradesh

NCWA

National Coal Wage Agreement

NEPC

NEPC Airlines and Skyline NEPC limited

NEUA

New Era Urban Amenities Limited

NFC

National Freight Carriers

NFL

National Fertilizers Limited

NFM

Non ferrous metals

NFR

North East Frontier Railway

NHPC

National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited

NINL

Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited

NLOCP

New Liakdih Open Cast Project

NRDC

National Research Development Corporation

NTR

Northern Telecom Region

NWL

Nucor Wires Limited

OCC

Oil Co-ordination Committee

OFC

Optical Fibre Cable

ONGC

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited

OPI

Overseas Packaging Industries Private Limited

PBG

Performance of bank guarantee

PC

Packing Credit

PCC

Plain Cement Concrete

PDCs

Post dated cheques

PG

Performance Guarantee

PIJF

Polythene Insulated Jelly Filled

PLI

Productivity Linked Incentive

PMT

Per metric tonne

POL

Petroleum, oil & lubricant

PPT

Paradeep Port Trust

PRM

Plastic ramming mass

PSE

Public Sector Enterprises

PSEB

Punjab State Electricity Board

PSU

Public Sector Undertakings

QBAL

Quantity Based Advance Licences

R&D

Research and Development

RBI

Reserve Bank of India

RDCIS

Research and Development Centre for Iron and Steel

RECPL

Rattan Engineering Corporation Private Limited

REPL

Rine Engineering Private Limited

RFO

Residual fuel oil

RIICO

Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation Limited

RINL

Rastriya Ispat Nigam Limited

RIV

Reinstatement Value

RNAC

Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation

RO

Regional Office

RR

Railway receipts

RSL

Rohini Strips Limited

RSP

Rourkela Steel Plant

RTC

Regional Tender Committee

SAC

Samarth Auto Care Private Limited

SAIL

Steel Authority of India Limited

SAL

Specific approval List

SBI

State Bank of India

SCA

State Channelising Agencies

SCF

Sleek Components and Forms (P) Limited

SCOPE

Standing Conference on Public Enterprises

SDCA

Short Distance Charging Area

SGC

Satguru Group of Companies

SGI

Solicitor General of India

SIL

Savitri India Limited

SILs

Speical Import licences

SISPL

Satguru Infocorp Services Private Limited

SLOC

Standby Letter of Credit

SMS

Steel Melting Shop

SPC

Self-propelled carrier

SPCD

Sale purchase committee of Directors

SRCs

Subscriber Record Cards

SSAs

Secondary Switching Areas

SSL

Shimoga Steels Limited

STC

The State Trading Corporation of India Limited

SWIL

Star Wire (India) Limited

TA

Travelling allowance

TAC

Tariff Advisory Committee

TAX

Trunk Auto Exchange

TC

Tender Committee

TC&RC

Treatment charges and refinery charges

TCD

Tonnes crushed per day

TDE

Telecom District Engineer

TDM

Telecom District Manager

TDS

Tax deducted at source

TEC

Telecom Engineering centre

THF

Twin Hearth Furnace

TIIL

Tube Investments of India Limited

TMPL

Tubex Metals Private Limited

TNBCEDC

Tamil Nadu Backward Classes Economic Development Corporation

TNPL

Tamil Nadu Petro Products Limited

TOP

Tap off point

TPA

Tonne per day

TPE

Tyazpromexport

TPI

Tube Products of India

TRA

Telephone Revenue Accounting

TST

Transportable Satellite Terminals

UBE

UB Engineering Limited

UIIC

United India Insurance Company Limited

UISCL

Upper India Special Casting Limited

UK

United Kingdom

UPMFDC

Uttar Pradesh Minorities Finance and Development Corporation Limited

UPSEB

Uttar Pradesh State Electricity Board

VRS

Voluntary Retirement Scheme

VSNL

Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited

VSP

Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant

WBSEB

West Bengal State Electricity Board

WHB

Waste Heat Boiler

WTPSG

Whole Turnover Post Shipment Guarantee

WWCI

Wild Well Control Inc. USA

XPIC

Cross Polarisation Interference Chancellor

YMBPA

Yurgensky Machine Building Production Association, Russia