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ACRONYMS
ACD
: Agricultural Credit Department
ACP
: Annual Credit Plan
ADWDR
: Agricultural Debt-Waiver and Debt Relief
AFC
: Agricultural Finance Corporation
AHC
: Assets Holding Class
AIRCS
: All-India Rural Credit Survey Committee
APMC
: Agricultural Product Marketing Committee
ARC
: Agricultural Refinance Corporation
ARDC
: Agricultural Refinance and Development Corporation
ATMs
: Automated Teller Machines
ATMA
: Agricultural Technology Management Agency
AICL
: Agricultural Insurance Company of India Ltd.
AIDS
: All-India Debt and Investment Survey
BLBC
: Block Level Bankers Committee
BCs
: Business Correspondents
BFs
: Business Facilitators
BREAD
: Bureau for Research in Economic Analysis of Development
BE
: Budget Estimates
BIRD
: Bankers Institute of Rural Development
BSR
: Basic Statistical Returns
BTT
: Block Technology Team
CAB
: College of Agricultural Banking
CBSs
: Core Banking Solutions
CCBs
: Central Co-operative Banks
CCIS
: Comprehensive Crop Insurance Scheme
CCBs
: Central Cooperative Banks
CIGs
: Commodity Interest Groups
CMD
: Chairman and Managing Director
CPIS
: Coconut Palm Insurance Scheme
CRAFICARD : Committee to Review Arrangements for Institutional Credit for
Agriculture and Development
CRAR
: Capital to Risk (Weighted) Assets Ratio
CSO
: Central Statistical Organisation
CSPs
: Customer Service Providers
CSPs
: Customer Service Points
DAC
: Department of Agriculture and Cooperation
DCC
: District Coordination Committee
DCP
: District Credit Plan
DCCBs
: District Central Cooperative Banks
DDM
: District Development Manager
