| ACCRONYM | EXPANSION |
| Asian Development Bank |
| Buy-Build-Operate |
| Build-Lease-Transfer |
| Build-Operate-Lease-Transfer |
| Build-Own-Operate |
| Build-Own-Operate-Transfer |
| Build-Operate-Transfer |
| Build-Transfer-lease |
| Competent Authority |
| Cost of the Annuity Approach |
| Cash Available for Debt Service |
| Cost of the Conventional Approach |
| Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs |
| City Development Plan |
| Coal India Limited |
| Communication Needs Assessment |
| Commercial Operations Date |
| Conditions Precedent |
| Concept Review Paper |
| Conventional Approach |
| Design-Build |
| Design-Build-Finance-Operate |
| Design-Build-Finance-Own-Operate-Transfer |
| Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Transfer |
| Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Transfer |
| Design, Build, Operate |
| Design-Build-Own-Operate-Transfer |
| Draft Concession Agreement |
| Department of Economic Affairs |
| Dedicated Freight Corridor |
| Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited |
| Delhi Metro Rail Corporation |
| Detailed Project Report |
| Debt-Service Coverage Ratio |
| Debt Service Reserve Account |
| Equivalent Annuity |
| Environment Impact Assessment |
| Equity Internal Rate of Return |
| Earnest Money Deposit |
| Economic Net Present Value |
| Expression of Interest |
| Economic Rate of Return |
| Food Corporation of India |
| Government of Andhra Pradesh |
| Government of India |
| Housing and Urban Development Corporation |
| Interest During Construction |
| Information, Education and Communication |
| India Infrastructure Project Development Fund |
| Internal Rate of Return |
| Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission |
| Joint Venture Company |
| Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation |
| Karnataka Urban Water Sector Improvement Project |
| Loan Life Cover Ratio |
| Letter of Award |
| Minimum Alternate Tax |
| Model Concession Agreement |
| Mysore City Corporation |
| Ministry of Environment and Forests |
| Memorandum of Understanding |
| Municipal Solid Waste |
| Million Tonnes Per Annum |
| National Capital Region Planning Board |
| New Delhi Municipal Corporation |
| North Delhi Power Limited |
| Non-Government Organisation |
| National Highways Authority of India |
| Notice Inviting Tender |
| Net Present Value |
| Operations and Maintenance |
| Operation and Maintenance |
| Project Affected Party |
| Partnerships British Columbia |
| Passenger Car Unit |
| Price Elasticity of Demand |
| Pooled Finance Development Fund |
| Project Information Memorandum |
| Project Internal Rate of Return |
| Project Life Cover Ratio |
| Project Net Present Value |
| Project Officer |
| Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility |
| Public Private Partnership Approval Committee |
| Public Relations |
| Public Sector Comparator |
| Public Sector Unit |
| Public Works Department |
| Quality Cost-based Selection |
| Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj |
| Request for Proposal |
| Request for Qualification |
| Refurbish-Operate-Maintain and Transfer |
| Social Discount Rate |
| Social Impact Assessment |
| Social Intermediation and Communication Strategy |
| Special Purpose Vehicle |
| Transfer of Development Rights |
| Training of Trainers |
| Total Project Cost |
| Unaccounted for Water |
| United Kingdom |
| Urban Local Body |
| Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation |
| Value Added Tax |
| Voluntary Disclosure of Income-Tax Scheme |
| Value for Money |
| Viability Gap Funding |
| Value of Non-Quantified Transferred Risks |
| Value of Quantified Transferred Risks |
| Weighted Average Cost of Capital |
| Wholesale Price Index |
| Willingness to Pay |