15th Finance Commission : List of Abbreviations

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Here is the list of abbreviations used by 15th Finance Commission of India.



The Fifteenth Finance Commission (FC-XV) was constituted by the President of India under Article 280 of the Constitution on 27 November 2017 to make recommendations for a period of five years commencing 1 April 2020. The terms of reference (ToR) and the composition of the Commission are annexed with this report (Annex 1.1 to 1.6). The Commission was expected to make its recommendation by 30 November 2019. The Commission has visited nearly all the States, undertaken detailed consultations with the Union Government, think-tanks, domain experts and relevant stakeholders. Even as the work of the Commission was in a fairly advanced stage, designed towards submitting the report by the stipulated date, there were new Developments. 

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

ACS Average Cost of Supply 

ADP Aspirational District Programme

ADR Alternate Dispute Resolution

AMRUT Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation

ARR Average Rate of Return

ASFR Age Specific Fertility Rate

AT&C Aggregate Technical and Commercial

CAG Comptroller and Auditor General

CAPI Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing

CCEA Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs

CGA Controller General of Accounts

CPI Consumer Price Index

CSS Centrally Sponsored Scheme

CST Central Sales Tax

DDP District Domestic Product

DISCOM Distribution Companies

DLSA District Legal Services Authorities

DRI Disaster Risk Index

FRBM Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management

GDP Gross Domestic Product

GSDP Gross State Domestic Product 

GST Goods and Services Tax

ICDS Integrated Child Development Scheme

IFMIS Integrated Financial Management Information System

IGST Integrated GST

IIP Index of Industrial Production

IMF International Monetary Fund

IP Interest Payment

MH Major Head

MoEF&CC Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change

MoHRD Ministry of Human Resource Development

MoHUA Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

MoSPI Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

MoWCD Ministry of Women and Child Development

MSP Minimum Support Price

NBFCs Non-Banking Financial Companies

NCCD National Calamity Contingent Duty

NCCF National Calamity Contingency Fund 

NCR National Capital Region

NDMA National Disaster Management Authority

NDMF National Disaster Mitigation Fund

NDRF National Disaster Response Fund

NDRMF National Disaster Risk Management Fund

NE&H States North East and Himalayan States

NFHS National Family Health Survey

NFSA National Food Security Act

NIDM National Institute of Disaster Management

NMAM National Municipal Accounts Manual

NPS New Pension Scheme

NSO National Statistical Office

ODF Open Defecation Free

ONTR Own Non Tax Revenue

ORR Own Revenue Receipts

OTR Own Tax Revenue

PDNA Post-Disaster Needs Assessment

PDR Deficit Pre-Devolution Revenue Deficit

PFMS Public Financial Management System

PMGSY Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

PRIAsoft Panchayati Raj Institutions Accounting Software

PSUs Public Sector Undertakings

RBA Rashtriya Barh Ayog

RBI Reserve Bank of India

SDG Sustainable Development Goal

SDL State Development Loans

SDMA State Disaster Management Authority

SDMF State Disaster Mitigation Fund

SDRF State Disaster Response Fund

SDRMF State Disaster Risk Management Fund

SFC State Finance Commission

SIDM State Institute for Disaster Management

SMEs Small and Medium Enterprises

SNP Supplementary Nutrition Programme

TFR Total Fertility Rate

ToR Terms of Reference

TPI Trade Preparedness Index

TRE Total Revenue Expenditure

UDAY Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana

UNDP United Nations Development Programme

UT Union Territory

VAT Value Added Tax



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