| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| ADRs | American Depository Receipts |
| AIFIs | All India Financial Institutions |
| ALBM | Automated Lending and Borrowing Mechanism |
| ALBRS | Automated Lending and Borrowing under Rolling Settlement |
| AMC | Asset Management Company |
| AMFI | Association of Mutual Funds in India |
| ASC | Accounting Standards Committee |
| ASBA | Applications Supported by Blocked Amount |
| ATM | At-The-Money |
| ATSs | Alternative trading system |
| B2B | Business-to-Business |
| BIFR | Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction |
| BIS | Bank for International Settlement |
| BLESS | Borrowing and Lending Securities Scheme |
| BMC | Base Minimum Capital |
| BSE | The Stock Exchange, Mumbai |
| CBDT | Central Board of Direct Taxes |
| CC | Clearing Corporation |
| CCIL | Clearing Corporation of India Limited |
| CDs | Certificate of Deposits |
| CDSL | Central Depository Services (India) Limited |
| CFM | Carry Forward Margin |
| CFRS | Carry Forward under Rolling Settlement |
| CH | Clearing House |
| CIMC | Collective Investment Management Company |
| CISs | Collective Investment Schemes |
| CIVs | Collective Investment Vehicles |
| CLF | Collateralized Lending Facility |
| CM | Clearing Member |
| CM | Segment Capital Market Segment of NSE |
| CMIE | Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy |
| COSI | Committee on Settlement Issues |
| COTI | Committee of Trade Issues |
| CP | Custodial Participant |
| CPs | Commercial Papers |
| CRAs | Credit Rating Agencies |
| CRISIL | Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited |
| CRR | Cash Reserve Ratio |
| CSD | Collateral Security Deposit |
| CSE | Calcutta Stock Exchange |
| DCA | Department of Company Affairs |
| DDBs | Deep Discount Bonds |
| DEA | Department of Economic Affairs |
| DFIs | Development Financial Institutions |
| DNS | Deferred Net Settlement |
| DPs | Depository Participants |
| DRR | Debenture Redemption Reserve |
| DSCE | Debt Securities Convertible into Equity |
| DVP | Delivery versus Payment |
| ECB | Euro Commercial Borrowings |
| ECNS | Electronic communication Networks |
| EDGAR | Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval |
| EDIFAR | Electronic Data Information Filing and Retrieval |
| EFT | Electronic Fund Transfer |
| ELSS | Equity Linked Saving Schemes |
| EPS | Earning Per Share |
| ETFs | Exchange Traded Funds |
| F&O | Futures and Options |
| FCCBs | Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds |
| FDI | Foreign Direct Investment |
| FDRs | Foreign Deposit Receipts |
| FDs | Fixed Deposits |
| FIBV | International World Federation of Stock Exchanges |
| FIIs | Foreign Institutional Investors |
| FIMMDA | Fixed Income Money Markets and Derivatives Association |
| FIs | Financial Institutions |
| FRAs | Forward Rate Agreements |
| FVCIs | Foreign Venture Capital Investors |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GDRs | Global Deposit Receipts |
| GDS | Gross Domestic Savings |
| GNP | Gross National Product |
| GOI | Government of India |
| G-Sec | Government Securities |
| I-BEX | ICICI Securities Bond Index |
| IBRD | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| ICAI | Institute of Chartered Accountants of India |
| ICDR | Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements |
| ICICI | Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Limited. |
| ICSE | Inter-Connected Stock Exchange of India Limited |
| IDBI | Industrial Development Bank of India |
| IFC | International Finance Corporation |
| IFSD | Interest Free Security Deposit |
| IIM | Indian Institute of Management |
| IISL | India Index Services and Products Limited |
| IOC | Immediate or Cancel |
| IOSCO | International Organization of Securities Commission |
| IPF | Investor Protection Fund |
| IPO | Initial Public Offer |
| IRDA | Insurance Regulatory and Devevlopment Authority |
| IRS | Interest Rate Swap |
| ISIN | International Securities Identification Number |
| ISSA | International Securities Services Association |
| IT | Information Technology |
| ITM | In-The-Money |
| LAF | Liquidity Adjustment Facility |
| LIC | Life Insurance Corporation of India Limited |
| MCFS | Modified Carry Forward System |
| MFs | Mutual Funds |
| MFSS | Mutual Fund Service System |
| MIBID | Mumbai Inter-bank Bid Rate |
| MIBOR | Mumbai Inter-bank Offer Rate |
| MMMF | Money Market Mutual Fund |
| MNCs | Multi National Companies |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MTM | Mark-To-Market |
| NASDAQ | National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System |
| NAV | Net Asset Value |
| NBFCs | Non-Banking Financial Companies |
| NCAER | National Council for Applied Economic Research |
| NCDs | Non-convertible Debentures |
| NCFM | NSE’s Certification in Financial Markets |
| NDS | Negotiated Dealing System |
| NEAT | National Stock Exchange Automated Trading |
| NGOs | Non Government Organizations |
| NIBIS | NSE’s Internet-based Information System |
| NIC | National Informatics Centre |
| NPAs | Non Performing Assets |
| NRIs | Non Resident Indians |
| NSCCL | National Securities Clearing Corporation of India Limited |
| NSDL | National Securities Depository Limited |
| OCBs | Overseas Corporate Bodies |
| OECLOB | Open Electronic Consolidated Limit Order Book |
| OIS | Overnight Index Swaps |
| ORS | Order Routing System |
| OTC | Over the Counter |
| OTCEI | Over the Counter Exchange of India Limited |
| OTM | Out-of the-Money |
| P/E ratio | Price Earning Ratio |
| PAN | Permanent Account Number |
| PCM | Professional Clearing Member |
| PDAI | Primary Dealers Association of India |
| PDO | Public Debt Office |
| PDs | Primary Dealers |
| PRI | Principal Return Index |
| PRISM | Parallel Risk Management System |
| PSUs | Public Sector Undertakings |
| PV | Present Value |
| QIBs | Qualified Institutional Buyers |
| RBI | Reserve Bank of India |
| ROCs | Registrar of Companies |
| RTGS | Real time Gross Settlement |
| S&P | Standard and Poor’s |
| SAT | Securities Appellate Tribunal |
| SC(R)A | Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 |
| SC(R)R | Securities Contracts (Regulation) Rules, 1957 |
| SCMRD | Society for Capital Market Research and Development |
| SDs | Satellite Dealers |
| SEBI | Securities and Exchange Board of India |
| SEC | Securities Exchange Commission |
| SGF | Settlement Guarantee Fund |
| SGL | Subsidiary General Ledger |
| SGX-DT | The Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Limited |
| SIPC | Securities Investor Protection Corporation |
| SLR | Statutory Liquidity Ratio |
| SPAN | Standard Portfolio Analysis of Risks |
| SPV | Special Purpose Vehicle |
| SROs | Self Regulatory Organizations |
| SSS | Securities Settlement System |
| STP | Straight Through Processing |
| STRIPS | Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities |
| SUS 99 | Special Unit Scheme 99 |
| T-Bills | Treasury Bills |
| TDS | Tax Deducted at Source |
| TM | Trading Member |
| TRI | Total Return Index |
| UTI | Unit Trust of India |
| VAR | Value at Risk |
| VCFs | Venture Capital Funds |
| VCUs | Venture Capital Undertakings |
| VSAT | Very Small Aperture Terminal |
| WAN | Wide Area Network |
| WAP | Wireless Application Protocol |
| WDM | Wholesale Debt Market Segment of NSE |
| YTM | Yield to Maturity |
| ZCYC | Zero Coupon Yield Curve |
