Here is a list of short forms (abbreviations) along with their long forms used in Nepal:
- PAN – Permanent Account Number
- VAT – Value Added Tax
- IRD – Inland Revenue Department
- NRB – Nepal Rastra Bank
- ROC – Registrar of Companies
- NSC – Nepal Stock Exchange
- TDS – Tax Deducted at Source
- GON – Government of Nepal
- DTTA – Double Taxation Treaty Agreement
- EXIM – Export-Import
- F/Y – Fiscal Year
- VAT – Value Added Tax
- CIT – Citizen Investment Trust
- IPO – Initial Public Offering
- FPO – Follow-on Public Offering
- NTA – Nepal Telecommunication Authority
- NIBL – Nepal Investment Bank Limited
- EBL – Everest Bank Limited
- SCBNL – Standard Chartered Bank Nepal Limited
- RBB – Rastriya Banijya Bank
- NPR – Nepali Rupee
- P/L – Profit/Loss
- SBI – State Bank of India (Nepal Branch)
- NIC – National Insurance Company
- HBL – Himalayan Bank Limited
- MOU – Memorandum of Understanding
- NPL – Non-Performing Loan
- BOD – Board of Directors
- AGM – Annual General Meeting
- GOVT – Government
- CBDT – Central Board of Direct Taxes
- MOF – Ministry of Finance
- MOFA – Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- DPR – Detailed Project Report
- FEMD – Foreign Exchange Management Department
- FX – Foreign Exchange
- SEBON – Securities Board of Nepal
- OTC – Over The Counter
- BSP – Banking Service Provider
- RTGS – Real-Time Gross Settlement
- SWIFT – Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
- AML – Anti-Money Laundering
- CFT – Combating the Financing of Terrorism
- KYC – Know Your Customer
- FCY – Foreign Currency
- LCY – Local Currency
- FATCA – Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
- NBFC – Non-Banking Financial Company
- CIB – Credit Information Bureau
- CSA – Central Security Agency
- NBP – Nepal Bankers’ Association
- NPAT – Net Profit After Tax
- EIR – Effective Interest Rate
- NAV – Net Asset Value
- EPS – Earnings Per Share
- P/E – Price to Earnings Ratio
- ROE – Return on Equity
- ROA – Return on Assets
- ROC – Return on Capital
- FIFO – First In, First Out
- LIFO – Last In, First Out
- NPF – Non-Performing Fund
- QIB – Qualified Institutional Buyer
- FCY – Foreign Currency
- FCNR – Foreign Currency Non-Resident
- NRFC – Non-Resident Foreign Currency
- OD – Overdraft
- CRR – Cash Reserve Ratio
- SLR – Statutory Liquidity Ratio
- TLR – Term Loan Ratio
- WPI – Wholesale Price Index
- CPI – Consumer Price Index
- FDI – Foreign Direct Investment
- VISA – Visa International Service Association
- SWIFT – Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
- ATM – Automated Teller Machine
- EFT – Electronic Funds Transfer
- A/C – Account
- BR – Bank Rate
- GDP – Gross Domestic Product
- GNP – Gross National Product
- BOP – Balance of Payments
- BOT – Balance of Trade
- FPI – Foreign Portfolio Investment
- MFI – Microfinance Institution
- ESOP – Employee Stock Ownership Plan
- NFC – Near Field Communication
- CSR – Corporate Social Responsibility
- SME – Small and Medium Enterprise
- M&A – Mergers and Acquisitions
- BFSI – Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance
- DFI – Development Financial Institution
- HR – Human Resources
- ISO – International Organization for Standardization
- HRD – Human Resource Development
- HRM – Human Resource Management
- R&D – Research and Development
- MIS – Management Information System
- IT – Information Technology
- ERP – Enterprise Resource Planning
- CRM – Customer Relationship Management
- SLA – Service Level Agreement
- KPI – Key Performance Indicator
- PPP – Public-Private Partnership
- EOI – Expression of Interest
- LOI – Letter of Intent
- BOQ – Bill of Quantities
- PMO – Project Management Office
- PI – Performance Indicator
- NDA – Non-Disclosure Agreement
- IPO – Initial Public Offering
- FPO – Follow-on Public Offering
- RBI – Reserve Bank of India
- CPI – Consumer Price Index
- FMCG – Fast Moving Consumer Goods
- HNI – High Net-worth Individual
- TAT – Turnaround Time
- RBI – Reserve Bank of India
- SIDBI – Small Industries Development Bank of India
- SEBI – Securities and Exchange Board of India
- ICAI – Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
- IAAS – Institute of Agricultural Sciences
- BOD – Board of Directors
- AGM – Annual General Meeting
- NPA – Non-Performing Asset
- CA – Chartered Accountant
- CS – Company Secretary
- CFO – Chief Financial Officer
- COO – Chief Operating Officer
- CEO – Chief Executive Officer
- LLP – Limited Liability Partnership
- Pvt. Ltd. – Private Limited
- Ltd. – Limited
- ULIP – Unit Linked Insurance Plan
- MCLR – Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate
- LIBOR – London Interbank Offered Rate
- SOFR – Secured Overnight Financing Rate
- G-Sec – Government Securities
- CAGR – Compound Annual Growth Rate
- YTD – Year-to-Date
- YOY – Year-on-Year
- QOQ – Quarter-on-Quarter
- FY – Fiscal Year
- CY – Calendar Year
- WHT – Withholding Tax
- DEMAT – Dematerialization
- DP – Depository Participant
- RFQ – Request for Quotation
- RFP – Request for Proposal
- RFQ – Request for Quotation
- F&O – Futures and Options
- IPO – Initial Public Offering
- IPO – Initial Public Offering
- SLR – Statutory Liquidity Ratio
- CRR – Cash Reserve Ratio
- FDI – Foreign Direct Investment
- GDP – Gross Domestic Product
- GNP – Gross National Product
- IMF – International Monetary Fund
- UN – United Nations
- UNO – United Nations Organization
- UNICEF – United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
- UNESCO – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- ILO – International Labour Organization
- WHO – World Health Organization
- WTO – World Trade Organization
- NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa
- G20 – Group of Twenty
- SAARC – South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
- ASEAN – Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- FTA – Free Trade Agreement
- BIT – Bilateral Investment Treaty
- LOI – Letter of Intent
- MOU – Memorandum of Understanding
- PMO – Project Management Office
- PM – Prime Minister
- MOFA – Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- SAARC – South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
- NRA – National Reconstruction Authority
- CIAA – Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority
- NFC – Nepal Food Corporation
- DOFE – Department of Foreign Employment
- NEA – Nepal Electricity Authority
- NOC – Nepal Oil Corporation
- DOI – Department of Industry
- DOT – Department of Tourism
- CIA – Central Intelligence Agency
- IBN – Investment Board Nepal
- NPC – National Planning Commission
- NEPSE – Nepal Stock Exchange
- NRB – Nepal Rastra Bank
- FNCCI – Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry
- CIN – Company Identification Number
- NSC – Nepal Standard Code
- INR – Indian Rupee
- NTC – Nepal Telecom
- NTA – Nepal Telecommunication Authority
- MFD – Meteorological Forecasting Division
- ICT – Information and Communication Technology
- GIS – Geographic Information System
- IPR – Intellectual Property Rights
- CSR – Corporate Social Responsibility
- HRD – Human Resource Development
- HRM – Human Resource Management
- MIS – Management Information System
- IT – Information Technology
- ERP – Enterprise Resource Planning
- CRM – Customer Relationship Management
- AI – Artificial Intelligence
- ML – Machine Learning
- IoT – Internet of Things
- R&D – Research and Development
- P/E – Price to Earnings Ratio
- ROE – Return on Equity
- ROA – Return on Assets
- ROI – Return on Investment
- EPS – Earnings Per Share
- CAGR – Compound Annual Growth Rate
- NAV – Net Asset Value
- WACC – Weighted Average Cost of Capital
- ESOP – Employee Stock Ownership Plan
- KYC – Know Your Customer
- AML – Anti-Money Laundering
- CFT – Counter Financing of Terrorism
- EOD – End of Day
- EOM – End of Month
- TAT – Turnaround Time
- MTD – Month to Date
- YTD – Year to Date
- YOY – Year on Year
- QOQ – Quarter on Quarter
- MOM – Month on Month
- LOI – Letter of Intent
- RFP – Request for Proposal
- RFQ – Request for Quotation
- MOU – Memorandum of Understanding
- NDA – Non-Disclosure Agreement
- RFI – Request for Information
- SLA – Service Level Agreement
- BPO – Business Process Outsourcing
- KPO – Knowledge Process Outsourcing
- CRM – Customer Relationship Management
- SaaS – Software as a Service
- PaaS – Platform as a Service
- IaaS – Infrastructure as a Service
- HR – Human Resources
- CEO – Chief Executive Officer
- CFO – Chief Financial Officer
- COO – Chief Operating Officer
- CTO – Chief Technology Officer
- CIO – Chief Information Officer
- CMO – Chief Marketing Officer
- CHRO – Chief Human Resources Officer
- CISO – Chief Information Security Officer
- EIR – Effective Interest Rate
- AUM – Assets Under Management
- ETF – Exchange-Traded Fund
- REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust
- HNI – High Net-worth Individual
- SIP – Systematic Investment Plan
- NAV – Net Asset Value
- MF – Mutual Fund
- IPO – Initial Public Offering
- FPO – Follow-on Public Offering
- DRHP – Draft Red Herring Prospectus
- RHP – Red Herring Prospectus
- NFO – New Fund Offer
- IDR – Indian Depository Receipt
- ADR – American Depository Receipt
- GDR – Global Depository Receipt
- FCNR – Foreign Currency Non-Resident
- NRE – Non-Resident External
- NRO – Non-Resident Ordinary
- INR – Indian Rupee
- NPR – Nepalese Rupee
- USD – United States Dollar
- EUR – Euro
- GBP – British Pound Sterling
- JPY – Japanese Yen
- CHF – Swiss Franc
- CAD – Canadian Dollar
- AUD – Australian Dollar
- CNY – Chinese Yuan
- SAR – Saudi Riyal
- AED – United Arab Emirates Dirham
- BHD – Bahraini Dinar
- QAR – Qatari Riyal
- OMR – Omani Rial
- KWD – Kuwaiti Dinar
- SGD – Singapore Dollar
- HKD – Hong Kong Dollar
- MYR – Malaysian Ringgit
- THB – Thai Baht
- IDR – Indonesian Rupiah
- PKR – Pakistani Rupee
- BDT – Bangladeshi Taka
- LKR – Sri Lankan Rupee
- PHP – Philippine Peso
- VND – Vietnamese Dong
- ZAR – South African Rand
- BRL – Brazilian Real
- ARS – Argentine Peso
- MXN – Mexican Peso
- COP – Colombian Peso
- CLP – Chilean Peso
- PEN – Peruvian Sol
- VEF – Venezuelan Bolivar
- UYU – Uruguayan Peso
- KRW – South Korean Won
- TRY – Turkish Lira
- EGP – Egyptian Pound
- NGN – Nigerian Naira
- GHS – Ghanaian Cedi
- KES – Kenyan Shilling
- TZS – Tanzanian Shilling
- UGX – Ugandan Shilling
- ETB – Ethiopian Birr
- MAD – Moroccan Dirham
- DZD – Algerian Dinar
- TND – Tunisian Dinar
- LYD – Libyan Dinar
- SDG – Sudanese Pound
- DZD – Algerian Dinar
- SCR – Seychellois Rupee
- MUR – Mauritian Rupee
- RWF – Rwandan Franc
- MWK – Malawian Kwacha
- ZMW – Zambian Kwacha
- BWP – Botswana Pula
- NAD – Namibian Dollar
- BZD – Belize Dollar
- JMD – Jamaican Dollar
- HTG – Haitian Gourde
- DOP – Dominican Peso
- BSD – Bahamian Dollar
- BBD – Barbadian Dollar
- XCD – East Caribbean Dollar
- KYD – Cayman Islands Dollar
- TTD – Trinidad and Tobago Dollar
- ANG – Netherlands Antillean Guilder
- AWG – Aruban Florin
- CUP – Cuban Peso
- CRC – Costa Rican Colón
- SVC – Salvadoran Colón
- GTQ – Guatemalan Quetzal
- HNL – Honduran Lempira
- NIO – Nicaraguan Córdoba
- PAB – Panamanian Balboa
- PYG – Paraguayan Guaraní
- UYU – Uruguayan Peso
- GEL – Georgian Lari
- AMD – Armenian Dram
- AZN – Azerbaijani Manat
- BYN – Belarusian Ruble
- KZT – Kazakhstani Tenge
- KGS – Kyrgyzstani Som
- MDL – Moldovan Leu
- TJS – Tajikistani Somoni
- TMT – Turkmenistani Manat
- UZS – Uzbekistani Som
- RUB – Russian Ruble
- UAH – Ukrainian Hryvnia
- PLN – Polish Zloty
- CZK – Czech Koruna
- HUF – Hungarian Forint
- RON – Romanian Leu
- BGN – Bulgarian Lev
- HRK – Croatian Kuna
- RSD – Serbian Dinar
- BAM – Bosnia and Herzegovina Convertible Mark
- MKD – Macedonian Denar
- ALL – Albanian Lek
- ISK – Icelandic Krona
- NOK – Norwegian Krone
- DKK – Danish Krone
- SEK – Swedish Krona
- CHF – Swiss Franc
- GIP – Gibraltar Pound
- GGP – Guernsey Pound
- IMP – Isle of Man Pound
- JEP – Jersey Pound
- FJD – Fijian Dollar
- TOP – Tongan Paʻanga
- WST – Samoan Tala
- VUV – Vanuatu Vatu
- PGK – Papua New Guinean Kina
- SBD – Solomon Islands Dollar
- BTN – Bhutanese Ngultrum
- MVR – Maldivian Rufiyaa
- SCR – Seychellois Rupee
- SLL – Sierra Leonean Leone
- LSL – Lesotho Loti
- SZL – Eswatini Lilangeni
- XOF – West African CFA Franc
- XAF – Central African CFA Franc
- DJF – Djiboutian Franc
- KMF – Comorian Franc
- GNF – Guinean Franc
- MGA – Malagasy Ariary
These abbreviations cover various financial, governmental, technological, and regional contexts.
