“Often when we read news media, articles online related to Mumbai and other topics and find Full form and meaning of some Short Code Names (Abbreviations / Acronyms) used. Just an example One might be looking for the Full Form of the word SOBO or What BMC Stands For ?’ which means ‘South Mumbai’ which is slang used & ‘Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’, which major Mumbaikars already know.
But what about people from other cities and foreign tourists? Similarly, there are many such short words & Abbreviations used in daily newspapers and other reference media.
I have tried my best to get all the short forms/codes casually & formally used in Mumbai and their Full form and meaning in this one-page reference. Say it Mumbai jargon or city-related organizations like BEST or locations like BKC, I will try to keep adding all that frequently used listed abbreviations and their long meanings on this page..”
- AAI – Airport Authority of India.
- AGLR – Andheri Ghatkopar Link Road.
- AM – Ante Meridian.
- AMCA – Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft.
- ACP – Assistant Commissioner of Police.
- ACB – Anti Corruption Bureau.
- Addl. CP – Additional Commissioner of Police.
- API – Assistant Police Inspector.
- ATC – Area Traffic Control.
- ATL – Average Trip Length.
- BMC – Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.
- BARC – Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.
- BEST – Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport.
- BKC – Bandra Kurla Complex.
- BSE – Bombay Stock Exchange.
- BMEC – Bangalore Mumbai Economic Corridor.
- BOD – Biochemical Oxygen Demand.
- BOOT – Build Own Operate Transfer.
- BOT – Build Operate Transfer.
- B-TOWN – About Bollywood Industry in Mumbai.
- BRTS – Bus Rapid Transit System.
- BCCI – Board of Control For Cricket India.
- BNHS CEC – Bombay Natural History Society (Conservation Education Centre).
- BSPCA – Bombay Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
- CAGR – Compound Annual Growth Rate.
- CBD – Central Business District.
- CBS – Often Referred as COLABA BANDRA SEEPZ in news media.
- CBI – Central Bureau Of Investigation / Central Bureau of India
- CDP – City Development Plan.
- CIDCO – City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra.
- CIP – Capital Investment Plans.
- CMLR – Chembur Mankhurd Link Road.
- CMP – Comprehensive Mobility Plan.
- CFL – Central Forensic Laboratory
- CPCB – Central Pollution Control Board.
- CPRO – Chief Public Relation Officer (Usually Used in Railway Related Articles)
- CR – Central Railway.
- CRRI – Central Road Research Institute.
- CRT – Center for Research on Transportation.
- CSIA – Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport.
- CSMVS – Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya.
- CWC – Child Welfare Committee.
- CST – Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly known as Victoria Terminus, Short Code ‘VT’).
- CSMT – Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (formerly known as Short Code ‘VT’, ‘CST’).
- CTS – Comprehensive Transport Study (known as Transform).
- DCP – Deputy Commissioner of Police.
- DCR – Development Control Regulation.
- DDP – Draft Development Plan.
- DMIC – Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor.
- DMRB – Design Manual for Roads and Bridges.
- DMRC – Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.
- DTTI – Defence Trade and Technology Initiative.
- DO – Dissolved Oxygen.
- DP – Development Plan.
- DPR – Detailed Project Report.
- DRP – Dharavi Redevelopment Plan.
- ECS – Equivalent Car Spaces.
- EEH – Eastern Express Highway.
- EGC – Emerging Growth Centre.
- EIA – Environmental Impact Assessment.
- EIRR – Economic Internal Rate of Return.
- ELU – Existing Land Use.
- EMME – Equilibre Multimodal Multimodal Equilibrium.
- EMU – Electric Mutiple Unit.
- EPP – Evening Peak Period.
- EPF – Employee Provident Fund
- ESZ – Economic Sensitive Zone.
- EMALS – Electromagnetic Launch System
- FATC – Fully Adaptive Traffic Control.
- FCI – Food Corporation of India.
- FDA – Food and Drug Administration.
- FWA – Film Writer Association.
- FHWA – Federal Highway Administration.
- FOB – Foot Over Bridge.
- FSI – Floor Space Index.
- FSSAI – Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
- GDDP – Gross District Domestic Product.
- GIS – Geographic Information System.
- GMLR – Goregaon Mulund Link Road.
- GMUA – Greater Mumbai Urban Agglomeration.
- GoI – Government of India.
- GoM – Government of Maharashtra.
- GPS – Global Positioning System.
- HBE – Home Based Education.
- HBO – Home Based Others.
- HC – High Court Mumbai.
- HIS – Home Interview Survey.
- HWF – Home Based Work for Office.
- HWI – Home Based Work for Industry.
- HWO – Home Based Work for Other (which are neither office nor industry).
- IAS – Indian Administrative Service.
- IC – Inner Cordon.
- IFBC – International Finance and Business Centre.
- IMP – Integrated Mobility Plan.
- INCCAT – Individual Income Category.
- IPT – Intermediate Public Transport.
- IRC – Indian Roads Congress.
- IRCTC – Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation.
- IRDA – Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority.
- INR – Indian Rupees (Currency Reference).
- IT – Information Technology.
- ICAO – International Civil Aviation Organization.
- IIT-B – Indian Institute Of Technology Bombay (Now Mumbai).
- ITES – Information Technology Enabled Service.
- IVTC – In Vehicle Travel Cost.
- IVTT – In Vehicle Travel Time.
- JCP – Joint Commissioner of Police.
- JICA – Japan International Cooperation Agency.
- JNPT – Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust.
- JVLR – Jogeshwari-Vikroli Link Road.
- KDMT – Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Transport.
- LASA – LEA Associates South Asia Pvt. Ltd..
- LBS – Marg Lal Bhahadur Shastri Marg.
- LBT – Local Body Tax.
- LCV – Light Commercial Vehicle.
- LDC – Lane Divided Carriageways.
- LED – Light-Emitting Diode.
- LIC – Life Insurance Corporation.
- LOS – Level of Service.
- LT – Terminus Lokmanya Tilak Terminus.
- LUT – Land Use Transport.
- MAV – Multi Axle Vehicle.
- MB – Mid Block.
- MBMT – Mira Bhyandar Municipal Transport.
- MbPT – Mumbai Port Trust.
- MCA – Mumbai Cricket Association.
- MCGM – Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai.
- MIAL – Mumbai International Airport Limited.
- MIDC – Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation.
- MIS – Management Information System.
- MLM – Multi-Level Marketing Business in Mumbai.
- MMC – Multi Modal Corridor.
- MMIF – Mumbai Metropolitan Infrastructure Fund.
- MMR – Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
- MMRDA – Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority.
- MHADA – Maharashtra Housing and Area Development.
- MNL – Multi Nomial Logit.
- MoEF – Ministry of Environment and Forests.
- MoR – Ministry of Railways.
- MoUD – Ministry of Urban Development.
- MOCA – Ministry of Civil Aviation.
- MPCB – Maharashtra Pollution Control Board.
- MPP – Morning Peak period.
- MPPA – Million Passengers Per Annum.
- MR&TP – Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning.
- MRVC – Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation.
- MSL – Mean Sea Level.
- MSRDC – Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation.
- MSRTC – Mumbai State Road Transport Corporation.
- MSCPCR – Maharashtra State Commission For Protection of Children Rights.
- MTHL – Mumbai Trans Harbor Link.
- MTNL – Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited.
- MTP – Mumbai Traffic Police.
- MTSU – Mumbai Transformation Support Unit (under AIILSG).
- MTDC – Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation.
- MUIP – Mumbai Urban Infrastructure Project.
- MUTP – Mumbai Urban Transport Project.
- MAHATDC – Maharashtra State Cooperative Tribal Development Corporation.
- NAAQS – National Ambient Air Quality Standards.
- NADA – National Anti Doping Agency.
- NAINA – Navi Mumbai Airport Influence Notified Area.
- NCRB – National Crime Record Bureau.
- NCB – Narcotics Control Bureau.
- NDDP – Net District Domestic Products.
- NDP – Net Domestic Products.
- NEERI – National Environmental Engineering Research Institute.
- NH – National Highway.
- NHAI – National Highways Authority of India.
- NHB – Non Home Based.
- NMIA – Navi Mumbai International Airport.
- NMMC – Navi Mumbai Muncipal Corporation.
- NMIMS – Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies.
- NMT – Non Motorised Transport.
- NMMT – Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport.
- NPV – Net Present Value.
- NUTP – National Urban Transport Policy.
- OC – Outer Cordon.
- OD – Origin Destination.
- OPP – Off Peak Period.
- OVDI – Out of Vehicle Distance.
- PAN – Permanent Account Number.
- PCTR – Per Capita Trip Rate.
- PCU – Passenger Car Unit.
- PE – Population and Employment.
- PHPD – Peak Hour Per Direction/ Peak Hour Peak Direction.
- PI – Police Inspector.
- POL – Petroleum, Oil and Lubricant.
- POCSO – Protection of Children from Sexual Offences.
- PPP – Public Private Partnership.
- PU – Polyurethane Coating.
- PV – Private Vehicles.
- PWD – Public Works Department.
- PWT – Passenger Water Transport.
- RBI – Reserve Bank Of India.
- RHS – Rental Housing Scheme.
- RoB – Road over Bridge.
- RuB – Road under Bridge.
- RoR – Rest of the Region.
- RoW – Right of Way.
- ROC – Registrar of Companies (Ministry Of Corporate Affairs).
- RP – Regional Plan.
- RSI – Road Side Interview.
- RTI – Right To Information.
- RTE – Right To Education.
- RTO – Regional Transport Office.
- RWITC – Royal Western India Turf Club.
- SCLR – Santa Cruz –Chembur Link Road.
- SEEPZ – Santacruz Electronics Export Processing Zone.
- SEZ – Special Economic Zone.
- SGNP – Sanjay Gandhi National Park.
- SH – State Highway.
- SI – Sub Inspector.
- SL – Screen Line.
- SOBO – South Bombay (Now South Mumbai).
- SPA – Special Planning Authority.
- SPM – Suspended Particulate Matter.
- SPV – Special Purpose Vehicle.
- SRD – Slum ReDevelopment.
- TA – Technical Assistance.
- TAC – Technical Advisory Committee.
- TAZ – Traffic Analysis Zones.
- TBM – Tunnel Boring Machine.
- TDM – Travel Demand Modelling.
- TDR – Transferable Development Rights.
- TDS – Total Dissolved Solids.
- TIFR – Tata Institute Of Fundamental Research Mumbai.
- TLFD – Trip Length Frequency Distribution.
- ToR – Terms of Reference.
- TPHQ – Traffic Police Head Quarters.
- TRANSFORM – TRANsportation Study For the Region of Mumbai.
- TSS – Total Suspended Solids.
- TMC – Tata Memorial Centre in Mumbai, TMC is often used as Short form of ‘Thane Municipal Corporation’.
- UDD – Urban Development Department.
- ULB – Urban Local Body.
- UMMTA – Unified Mumbai Metropoltan Transport Authority.
- USEPA – United States Environmental Protection Agency.
- UTF – Urban Transport Fund.
- UTP – Urban Trasnport Planning.
- VMS – Variable Message Sign.
- VRS – Voluntary Retirement Schemes.
- VSNL – Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited.
- VT – Victoria Terminus (now called as CST).
- VJTI – Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute.
- VVCMC – Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (Extreme North Of Mumbai, Thane / Palghar District).
- VVMT – Vasai Virar City Municipal Transportation.
- WBSL – Worli Bandra Sea Link.
- WEH – Western Express Highway.
- WFPR – Work Force Participation Ratio.
- WFSL – Western Freeway Sea Link.
- WR – Western Railway.
- WTO – World Trade Organization.
See Also: Mumbai Slangs Tapori Language, Station Names Short Codes.
