1. ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
ADEN Agricultural Development Bank, LAN Local Area Network
Nepal LCD Liquid Crystal Display
AMC Assets Management Company LD Legal Division
ATM Automatic Teller Machine LMFF Liquidity Monitoring and
BIMSTEC Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi- Forecasting Framework
Sectoral Technical and Economic M2 Broad Money
Cooperation MFD Micro Finance Department
BIS Bank for International Settlements MFDF Micro Finance Development Fund
BOP Balance of Payments MFIs Micro Finance Institutions
BTC Bankers' Training Centre MIS Management Information System
CAAT Computer Assigned Audit NBL Nepal Bank Ltd.
Technique
NIDC Nepal Industrial Development
CBO Community Based Organisations Corporation
CDS Central Depository System NIFMIS Nepal Integrated Financial
CDS Central Depository System Management Information System
CGE Computable General Equilibrium NMFDF National Micro Finance
CH Clearing House Development Fund
CIC Credit Information Center NPA Non Performing Asset
CPD Corporate Planning Department NRB Nepal Rastra Bank (also referred
CPI Consumer Price Index as Bank)
CRA Credit Rating agency NSA Nepal Standards of Auditing
CRR Cash Reserve Ratio OHP Over Head Projector
CSD Central Depository System OMO Open Market Operation
DIC Deposit Insurance Company PRO Public Relation Divison
E-HR Electronic Human Resource PRS Personnel Recording System
FEMD Foreign Exchange Management R&D Research and Development
Department RBB Rastriya Banijya Bank
FINGOs Financial Intermediary Non- REER Real Effective Exchange Rate
Government Organizations RM Reserve Money
FMD Financial Management Department RRBS Regional Rural Development
GBB Grameen Bikas Bank (Rural Banks
Development Bank) RSRF Rural Self Reliance Fund
GDP Gross Domestic Product RTGS Real Time Gross Settlement
GSD General Service Department SAARC South Asian Association for
HR Human Resource Regional Cooperation
HRD Human Resource Development SAFTA South Asian Free Trade Agreement
HRMD Human Resource Management SEACEN South East Asian Central Banks
Department SLF Standing Liquidity Facility
IAS International Accounting Standard SPC Strategic Planning Committee
ICT Information and Communication SSL Secured Sockets Layer
Technology SSSS Scriptless Securities Settlement
IFRS International Financial Reporting System
Standards STI Second Tier Institution
IMF International Monetary Fund VRS Voluntary Retirement System
ISA International Standards of Auditing WAN Wide Area Network
IT Information Technology WTO World Trade Organisation