| N |
north; nun. |
| n |
natural (trigonometric function). |
| n. mi. |
nautical mile(s). |
| N2O |
nitrous oxide |
| Na |
nadir. |
| NAAQM |
National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme |
| NABARD |
National Agricultural Bank for Rural Development |
| NAD |
North American Datum. |
| NAGRIND |
Non Agriculture Related industries |
| NAI |
net annual increment (forestry) |
| NALCO |
National Aluminium Company |
| Nas |
negotiated agreements |
| NAS- |
net additions to stock |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. |
| NASCO |
North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
| NAUTO |
nautophone. |
| NAVINFONET |
Navigation Information Network. |
| NAVSAT |
Navy Navigation Satellite System. |
| NAVSSI |
navigation sensor system interface. |
| NBDP |
narrow band direct printing. |
| NBFCs |
Non Banking Financial Institutions |
| NBS |
National Bureau of Standards. |
| NCD |
Non-Convertible Debenture |
| NCMP |
National Common Minimum Programme |
| NCPA |
National Centre for Performing Arts |
| NCR |
National Capital Region |
| NCS |
network coordination station. |
| NCU |
National Commission on Urbanisation |
| NDDP |
Net District Domestic Product |
| NDP |
Net Domestic Product |
| NEAC |
National Environment Awareness Campaign |
| NEAFC |
North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission |
| NEC |
Not Elsewhere Classified |
| NEHAPS |
national environmental and health action plans |
| NEP |
New Economic Policy |
| NESS |
National Earth Satellite Service. |
| NFC |
National Fire College |
| NFHS |
National Family Health Survey |
| NFS |
Non Farm Sector |
| ng/g |
nanogramme per gramme |
| Ng/l |
nanogramme per litre |
| NGO |
non-governmental organisation |
| NGVD |
National Geodetic Vertical Datum. |
| NH |
National Highways |
| NH3 |
ammonia |
| NHAI |
National Highways Authority of India |
| NHDP |
National Highway Development Programme |
| NHx |
ammonium plus ammonia |
| NIA |
Net Irrigated Area |
| NIC |
Natal Indian Congress |
| NIEs |
New Industrial Economies |
| NIETE |
National Institute of Industrial Engineering. |
| NIPFP |
National Institute of Public Finance and Policy |
| NIRD |
National Institute of Rural Development |
| NIUA |
National Institute of Urban Affairs |
| NLC |
National Labour Commission |
| NLT |
not less than (used with danger bearing). |
| NM |
nautical mile, miles; notice to mariners. |
| NMEA |
National Marine Electronics Association. |
| NMT |
not more than (used with danger bearing). |
| NMVOC |
non-methane volatile organic compounds |
| NNSS |
Navy Navigation Satellite System. |
| NO2 |
nitrogen dioxide |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. |
| NOC |
No Objection Certificates |
| NORKA |
Non-Resident Keralites Association |
| NORKWA |
Non-Resident Keralites Welfare Agency |
| NOS |
National Ocean Service. |
| Nox |
nitrogen oxides |
| NPA |
Non Practicing Allowance |
| NPAs |
Non Performing Assets |
| NPC |
National People’s Congress |
| NPK |
Nitrogen Phosphate Potassium |
| NPL |
National Physical Laboratory |
| NPW |
Net Present Worth |
| NRE |
Non-Resident External (Bank accounts) |
| NREP |
National Rural Employment Programme |
| NRF |
National Renewal Fund |
| NRG |
Non-Resident Gujaratis |
| NRI |
Non Resident Indians |
| NRK |
Non-Resident Keralite |
| NRML |
new relative movement line. |
| NRNR |
Non-Resident Non-Repatriable (Deposit scheme accounts) |
| NRO |
Non-Resident Ordinary (Accounts) |
| NRSR |
Non-Resident Special Rupee (Bank accounts) |
| NSA |
Net Sown Area |
| NSDP |
Net State Domestic Product |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation |
| NSS |
National Sample Survey |
| NSSO |
National Sample Survey Organisation |
| NtM |
notice to mariners. |
| NTPC |
National Thermal Power Corporation |
| NUS |
Non Unionised Supervisors |
| NWDB |
National Wasteland Development Board |
| NWDPRA |
National Watershed Development Project for Rainfed Agriculture |
| NWP |
National Water Policy |
| NWS |
National Weather Service. |
