Full Form and Meaning of Short Codes Used in Mumbai

Often, when we read news media and articles online related to Mumbai and other topics, we find the full form and meaning of some Short Code Names (Abbreviations or 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, and ‘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 and Abbreviations used in daily newspapers and other reference media.

I have tried my best to get all the short forms and codes casually and formally used in Mumbai and their Full form and meaning into this one-page reference. Whether it’s Mumbai jargon or city-related organisations like BEST or locations like BKC, I will try to keep adding all those frequently used listed abbreviations and their long meanings on this page.

Short Names/ Words Full Form Meaning — Full Form Meaning of Short Names used in City

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.
MCGM – (BMC) Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai.
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 Bahadur 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 Bhayandar 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 – Multinomial 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 Municipal 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.
SWD – Storm Water Drainage (Department of BMC).
SWM – Solid Waste Management (Department of BMC).
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 Metropolitan Transport Authority.
USEPA – United States Environmental Protection Agency.
UTF – Urban Transport Fund.
UTP – Urban Transport 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.