Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. It is a grouping of 21
countries for facilitating economic growth, cooperation, trade and investment
in the Asia-Pacific region.
It proclaims itself to be the only inter governmental grouping in the
world operating on the basis of non-binding commitments, open dialogue and
equal respect for the views of all participants. Unlike the WTO or other
multilateral trade bodies, APEC has no treaty obligations required of its
participants. Decisions made within APEC are reached by consensus and
commitments are undertaken on a voluntary basis.
Association of Mutual Funds in India. It is the apex body of all the
registered Asset Management Companies and was incorporated in 1995 as a
non-profit organisation.
Association of South East Asian Nations. It was established on 8 August
1967 in Bangkok by the five original Member Countries, namely, Indonesia,
Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined on 8
January 1984, Vietnam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, and
Cambodia on 30 April 1999.
It is basically meant for economic cooperation among them. But the
activities are of late becoming more comprehensive including in their ambit
security, cultural development and social progress.
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), under the Ministry of Culture,
is the premier organization for the archaeological researches and protection of
the cultural heritage of the nation. Maintenance of ancient monuments and
archaeological sites and remains of national importance is the prime concern of
the ASI. Besides it regulate all archaeological activities in the country as
per the provisions of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and
Remains Act, 1958. It also regulates Antiquities and Art Treasure Act, 1972.
Board of Cricket Control India
Boston Consulting Group. It is an international strategy and general
management consulting firm.
Central Bureau of Investigation. It is the premier central investigating
agency of the country.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is a governmental agency belonging to Government of India that serves as both a criminal investigation body, national security agency and intelligence agency. The CBI is a premier investigating police agency in India. It is an elite force playing a major role in preservation of values in public life and in ensuring the health of the national economy.
It is also the nodal police agency in India which coordinates
investigation on behalf of Interpol Member countries. The services of
its investigating officers are sought for all major investigations in
the country.
The agency was established in 1941 as the Special Police Establishment. Central Bureau of Investigation was later established on 1 April 1963. Its motto is "Industry, Impartiality, Integrity".
The agency headquarters is the new-state-of-the-art building, located in New Delhi. The agency has other field offices located in major cities throughout the India. The CBI is controlled by the Department of Personnel and Training in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension of the Union Government usually headed by a Union Minister who reports directly to the Prime Minister. While analogous in structure to the FBI, the CBI's powers and function are severely limited to specific crimes based on Acts (mainly the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946). The CBI is the official Interpol unit for India.
Jurisdiction of CBI vis-a-vis State Police
Law and Order is a State subject and the basic jurisdiction to
investigate crime lies with State Police. Besides , due to limited
resources, CBI would not be able to investigate crimes of all kind. CBI
may investigate:
- Cases which are essentially against Central Govt. employees or concerning affairs of the Central Govt. and the employees of the Central Public Sector Undertakings and Public Sector Banks.
- Cases in which the financial interests of the Central Government are involved.
- Cases relating to the breaches of Central Laws with the enforcement of which the Government of India is mainly concerned.
- Big cases of fraud, cheating, embezzlement and the like relating to companies in which large funds are involved and similar other cases when committed by organised gangs or professional criminals having ramifications in several States.
- Cases having interstate and international ramifications and involving several official agencies where, from all angles, it is considered necessary that a single investigating agency should be incharge of the investigation.
Central Board of Secondary Education.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (abbreviated CBSE) is a Board of Education for public and private schools, under the Union Government of India.
The first education board to be set up in India was the Uttar Pradesh Board of High School and Intermediate Education in 1921, which was under jurisdiction of Rajputana, Central India and Gwalior.
In 1929 the government of India set up a joint Board named "Board of
High School and Intermediate Education, Rajputana". This included Ajmer, Merwara, Central India and Gwalior.
Later it was confined to Ajmer, Bhopal and Vindhya Pradesh. In 1952, it became the "Central Board of Secondary Education".CBSE affiliates all Kendriya Vidyalayas, all Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, private schools, and most of the schools approved by central government of India
The board conducts final examinations every spring for All India Senior School Certificate Examination (AISSCE) for Class 10 and 12.The board also annually conducts the AIEEE
exam for admission to undergraduate courses in engineering and
architecture in numerous colleges spread over India.It also conducts AIPMT All India Pre medical Test for admission to major medical colleges in India.
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
CERSEM
Centre for Excellence for Radio Spectrum Engineering and Management
Chicxulub Crater is an ancient impact crater buried underneath the
Yucatán Peninsula, with its center located near the town of Chicxulub, Yucatan,
Mexico. The crater is over 180 kilometers (112 mi) in diameter, and the
asteroid or comet whose impact formed the crater was at least 10 km (6 mi) in
diameter. The crater was named for the eponymous town, as well as for the
literal Maya translation of the name: "tail of the devil."
Credit Information Bureau of India Limited. It tracks credit worthiness
of borrowers across the financial markets in India and shares this information
with its members. Look for more details here.
CII
CSIR
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Dredging Corporation of India. DCI helps to ensure the continuous
availability of the desired depths in shipping channels of the Major and Minor
Ports, Navy, fishing harbours and other maritime oraganisations.
DGH
Directorate General of Hydrocarbons.
Director General of Civil Aviation.
Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor. It is a $90 bn Dedicated Freight
Corridor between Delhi and Mumbai, covering an overall length of 1483km and
passing thru the States of U.P, NCR of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and
Maharashtra, with end terminals at Dadri in the National Capital Region of
Delhi and Jawaharlal Nehru Port near Mumbai. This Dedicated Frieght Corridor
offers high-speed connectivity for High Axle Load Wagons (25 Tonne) of Double
Stacked Container Trains supported by high power locomotives. The Delhi-Mumbai
leg of the Golden Quadilateral National Highway also runs almost parallel to
the Freight Corridor. For more details see this. For knowing about how the
project is being structured see our notes on 23.09.2007.
Department of Telecommunications.
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Empowered Group of Ministers. A mechanism that has become characteristic
of the present UPA government in India. When the government is faced with some
tricky issues, it is referring matters to such specially constituted EGoMs to
sort out the issues. As these EGoMs are usually consisting of ministers from
various political parties, this is also effectively ensuring that the policy
outcome is most widely palatable for all the constituents of the UPA
government.
GoI
Government of India
GoM
Group of Ministers. The Central Government from time to time constitutes
various GoMs to look into issues of importance on matters of policy.
Hi performance on demand solutions. It is an IBM terminology for coming
out with business solutions.
International Atomic Energy Agency. The "Atoms for Peace" Agency
The IAEA
is the world's center of cooperation in the nuclear field. It was set up as the
world´s "Atoms for Peace" organization in 1957 within the United
Nations family. The Agency works with its Member States and multiple partners
worldwide to promote safe, secure and peaceful nuclear technologies. (Learn
more about the IAEA in this video).
Organizational Profile
The IAEA
Secretariat is headquartered at the Vienna International Centre in Vienna,
Austria. Operational liaison and regional offices are located in Geneva,
Switzerland; New York, USA; Toronto, Canada; and Tokyo, Japan. The IAEA runs or
supports research centers and scientific laboratories in Vienna and
Seibersdorf, Austria; Monaco; and Trieste, Italy. (See Offices and Contacts).
The IAEA
Secretariat is a team of 2300 multi-disciplinary professional and support staff
from more than 100 countries. The Agency is led by Director General Yukiya
Amano and six Deputy Directors General who head the major departments. .
IAEA
programmes and budgets are set through decisions of its policymaking bodies -
the 35-member Board of Governors and the General Conference of all Member
States. Reports on IAEA activities are submitted periodically or as cases
warrant to the UN Security Council and UN General Assembly. (.
IAEA
financial resources include the regular budget and voluntary contributions. The
annual regular budget is set by the General Conference, as well as
extradbudgetary funds and voluntary contributions to the Technical Co-operation
Fund. (These figures are published in the latest
IAEA Mission & Programmes
The
IAEA's mission is guided by the interests and needs of Member States, strategic
plans and the vision embodied in the . Three main pillars - or areas of work - underpin
the IAEA's mission: Safety and Security; Science and Technology; and Safeguards
and Verification.
Relationship with United Nations
As an
independent international organization related to the United Nations system,
the IAEA´s relationship with the UN is regulated by special agreement . In terms of its Statute, the IAEA reports annually to
the UN General Assembly and, when appropriate, to the Security Council
regarding non-compliance by States with their safeguards obligations as well as
on matters relating to international peace and security.
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) founded on April 1,
2001 is responsible for developing the International Financial Reporting
Standards (new name for the International Accounting Standards issued after
2001), and promoting the use and application of these standards. The IASB
co-operates with national accounting standard-setters to achieve convergence in
accounting standards around the world.
The International Accounting Standards Board is an independent,
privately-funded accounting standard-setter based in London, UK.
Internet and Mobile Association of India
The Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) is a not-for-profit
industry body registered under the Societies Act, 1896. Its mandate is to
expand and enhance the online and mobile value added services sectors. It is
dedicated to presenting a unified voice of the businesses it represents to the
government, investors, consumers and other stakeholders. The association
addresses the issues, concerns and challenges of the Internet and Mobile
economy and takes a leading role in its development.
The association’s activities include promoting the inherent strengths of the
digital economy, evaluating and recommending standards and practices to the
industry, conducting research, creating platforms for its members,
communicating on behalf of the industry and creating a favorable business
environment for the industry.
Founded in January 2004 by leading portals in India, IAMAI is the only
specialized industry body in India representing the interests of online and
mobile value added services industry.
The Secretariat is responsible for carrying out the day to day functioning
of the association. The Association has offices in Mumbai and Delhi.
International Bank for
Reconstruction and Developemnt. Aka World Bank. It serves middle-income
countries with capital investment and advisory services. (IBRD) is one
of five institutions that compose the World
Bank Group. The IBRD is an international organization whose
original mission was to finance the reconstruction of nations devastated by World War
II. Now, its mission has expanded to fight poverty by means
of financing states. Its operation is maintained through
payments as regulated by member states. It came into existence on December 27,
1945 following international ratification of the agreements reached at the United Nations
Monetary and Financial Conference of July 1 to July 22, 1944 in Bretton Woods, United States.
The IBRD provides loans to governments, and public enterprises, always with
a government (or "sovereign") guarantee of repayment subject to
general conditions.
The funds for this lending come primarily from the issuing of World Bank bonds
on the global capital markets—typically $12–15 billion per year.
These bonds are rated AAA (the highest possible) because they are backed by
member states' share capital, as well as by borrowers' sovereign guarantees.
(In addition, loans that are repaid are recycled, or relent.) Because of the
IBRD's credit rating, it is able to borrow at relatively low interest rates. As
most developing countries have considerably lower credit ratings, the IBRD can
lend to countries
at interest rates that are usually quite attractive to them, even after adding
a small margin (about 1%) to cover administrative overheads.
All members of the IBRD are also IMF members, and vice versa.
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- Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. See this for its current President and membership strength.
The
Committee for Capacity Building of CA Firms and Small & Medium
Practitioners is a non-standing Committee of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India formed under regulatory provisions of Chartered
Accountants Act, 1949. This Committee was formed in the month of February, 2010
by the President, ICAI under nomenclature 'Committee for Capacity Building of
CA Firms and Small & Medium Practitioners' (CCBCAF & SMP) by combining
previously formed Committees, Committee for Capacity Building of CA Firms and
Committee for Small & Medium Practitioners. Initially, this Committee was
thought to establish for facilitating consolidation and capacity building of CA
firms in order to address various problems faced by CA firms and to conceptualize
and implement various means for strengthening their capacity as well as
providing comprehensive guidelines for consolidation of CA firms.
ICRIER
Indian Council for Research in International Economic Relations
International Crop Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics. It is a
nonprofit, non-political organization that does innovative agricultural
research and capacity building for sustainable development with a wide array of
partners across the globe. ICRISAT's mission is to help empower 600 million poor
people to overcome hunger, poverty and a degraded environment in the dry
tropics through better agriculture. ICRISAT belongs to the Alliance of Future
Harvest Centers of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural
Research (CGIAR).
International Development Assistance. It is the part of the World Bank
that helps the world’s poorest countries. Established in 1960, IDA aims to
reduce poverty by providing interest-free credits and grants for programs that
boost economic growth, reduce inequalities and improve people’s living
conditions.
International Energy Agency. It acts as energy policy advisor to 27
member countries in their effort to ensure reliable, affordable and clean
energy for their citizens. Founded during the oil crisis of 1973-74, the IEA’s
initial role was to co-ordinate measures in times of oil supply emergencies. As
energy markets have changed, its mandate has broadened to incorporate the
“Three E’s” of balanced energy policy making: energy security, economic
development and environmental protection. Current work focuses on climate
change policies, market reform, energy technology collaboration and outreach to
the rest of the world, especially major consumers and producers of energy like
China, India, Russia and the OPEC countries. Know more about it here.
An important committee of IMF.
IMO
The International Maritime Organization (IMO), formerly known
as the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO),
was established in Geneva in 1948
and came into force ten years later, meeting for the first time in 1959. The
IMCO name was changed to IMO in 1982.
Headquartered in London,
United
Kingdom, the IMO is a specialized agency of the United
Nations with 169 Member States and three Associate Members.
The IMO's primary purpose is to develop and maintain a comprehensive regulatory
framework for shipping and its remit today includes safety, environmental
concerns, legal matters, technical co-operation, maritime security and the
efficiency of shipping. IMO is governed by an Assembly of members and is
financially administered by a Council of members elected from the Assembly. The
work of IMO is conducted through five committees and these are supported by
technical subcommittees. Member organizations of the UN organizational family
may observe the proceedings of the IMO. Observer status is granted to qualified
non-governmental organizations.
The IMO is supported by a permanent secretariat of employees who are
representative of its members. The secretariat is composed of a
Secretary-General who is periodically elected by the Assembly, and various
divisions such as those for marine safety, environmental protection, and a
conference section. Members of the IMO are 170 of the UN members
and the Cook
Islands.
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established jointly
by WMO (World Meteorological Organization) and UNEP (UN Environment Programme)
in 1988.
The role of the IPCC is to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open
and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio-economic information
relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human-induced climate
change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation. The
IPCC does not carry out research nor does it monitor climate related data or
other relevant parameters. It bases its assessment mainly on peer reviewed and
published scientific/technical literature. For more info see its website at: http://www.ipcc.ch/
Initial Public Offer(ing). Shares in a company have been placed on a
stock exchange. An IPO is always just the first time a company's shares are
listed - if a company has a listing on another market or in another country,
then the listing is not an IPO, merely a secondary, or additional, listing.
Insurance Regulatory Development Authority
Indian Space Research Organization executes Space programme through its
establishments located in different places in India. Main objective of space
programme includes development of satellites, launch vehicles, Sounding Rockets and associated ground
systems. ISRO has crossed several major milestones
ITDC
India Tourism Development Corporation.
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The India Tourism Development Corporation Limited (ITDC) is an
Hospitality,
retail and Education company owned by Government of India, under Ministry of Tourism. Established in
1966, it owns over 17 properties under the Ashok Group
of Hotels brand, across India.[1][2]
ITDC came into existence in October 1966 and has been the prime mover in the
progressive development, promotion and expansion of tourism in the country.
Broadly, the main objectives of the Corporation are:
- To construct, take over and manage existing hotels and market hotels, Beach Resorts Travellers’ Lodges/Restaurants;
- To provide transport, entertainment, shopping and conventional services;
- To produce, distribute, tourist publicity material;
- To render consultancy-cum-managerial services in India and abroad;
- To carry on the business as Full-Fledged Money Changers (FFMC), restricted money changers etc; and
- To provide innovating, dependable and value for money solutions to the needs of tourism development and engineering industry including providing consultancy and project implementation.
The Organising Committee of Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi made the India
Tourism Development Corporation Ltd. (ITDC) as an Hospitality partner. All
three properties i.e Hotel Ashok, Samrat and The Janpath –as the Games Family
Hotels .The Ashok being the flagship hotel was the host of all VIP movements
.“The Ashok Group of Hotels in totality offered a combined inventory of 680
rooms/suites with Hotel Ashok offering 500 rooms, Samrat offering 60 rooms and
Janpath offering 120 rooms.” The flagship Family Hotel Ashoka hosted members of
Commonwealth Games Associations (CGAs), the Commonwealth Games Federation
(CGF), International Sports Federations, Technical Delegates and the
International Olympic Committee (IOC). The hotels will be the nerve centre of
the Games and bear facilitation offices of CGF and OC CWG Delhi 2010. All
events and meetings of different constituent groups held at these Games family
hotels. Hotel Samrat and Hotel Janpath provided the accommodation to the
athletes’ families.
International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural
Resources.
Popularly referred to as “The World Conservation Union”, it brings
together 83 States, government agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs),
and scientists and experts from 181 countries in a unique worldwide
partnership.
The Union’s mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies
throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to
ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically
sustainable.
Its headquarters are in Gland, Switzerland.
IWC
International Whaling Commission
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is set up
as an apex Development Bank with a mandate for facilitating credit flow for
promotion and development of agriculture, small-scale industries, cottage and
village industries, handicrafts and other rural crafts. It also has the mandate
to support all other allied economic activities in rural areas, promote
integrated and sustainable rural development and secure prosperity of rural
areas.
National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd.
NAFED was setup with the object to promote Co-operative marketing of
Agricultural Produce to benefit the farmers. Agricultural farmers are the main
members of NAFED, who have the authority to say in the form of members of the
General Body in the working of NAFED.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the US. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
is the agency of the United States government
that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics
and aerospace
research. Since February 2006, NASA's mission statement has been to
"pioneer the future in space
exploration, scientific
discovery and aeronautics research." On
September 14, 2011, NASA announced that it had selected the design of a new Space Launch System that it said would take the
agency's astronauts farther into space than ever before and provide the
cornerstone for future human space exploration efforts by the U.S Learn more about it from its site here.
NASA successfully launched five suborbital sounding rockets
from its Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia as part of a study of the upper
level jet stream. This image was captured on March 27, 2012.
National Council of Applied Economic Research.
NCAER, established in 1956, is an independent, non-profit
policy research institute committed to assist government, civil society and the
private sector in making informed, evidence-based policy and program choices
and in implementing and evaluating them. NCAER is India’s oldest and one of its
largest public policy research institutes. NCAER faculty undertake research
studies at the request of government, industry, and corporate clients and they
pursue independent policy research on a number of priority themes. NCAER
faculty and project teams have particular strengths in the analysis and
collection of large-scale data at the national, state, sector, industry, firm,
and household level. For more information about NCAER and its activities
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights.
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