| AMRUT | Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation |
| AMC | Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation |
| APCRDA | Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority |
| ATR | Action Taken Report |
| BBMP | Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike |
| BE | Budget Estimate |
| BRICS | Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa |
| BSE | Bombay Stock Exchange |
| BSR | Basic Statistical Return |
| CAG | Comptroller and Auditor General |
| CFC | Central Finance Commission |
| CMWSSB | Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board |
| COTE | Capital Outlay to Total Expenditure |
| DBIE | Database on Indian Economy |
| DGI | Data Gaps Initiative |
| DIF | Development Impact Fee |
| FC | Finance Commission |
| GBWASP | Greater Bangalore Water and Sanitation Project |
| GCC | Greater Chennai Corporation |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GFS | Government Finance Statistics |
| GHMC | Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation |
| GNN | Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam |
| GoI | Government of India |
| GSDP | Gross State Domestic Product |
| GST | Goods and Services Tax |
| HMC | Hyderabad Municipal Corporation |
| HMWSSB | Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board |
| ICRIER | Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations |
| IMC | Indore Municipal Corporation |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| JNNURM | Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission |
| KWSPF | Karnataka Water and Sanitation Pooled Fund |
| LGFV | Local Government Financing Vehicle |
| LMC | Ludhiana Municipal Corporation |
| MC | Municipal Corporation |
| MMC | Madurai Municipal Corporation |
| MoHUA | Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs |
| MoUD | Ministry of Urban Development |
| NMAM | National Municipal Accounts Manual |
| NMC | Nagpur Municipal Corporation |
| NMWSSB | Nagpur Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board |
| NSE | National Stock Exchange |
| NSO | National Statistical Office |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PFDF | Pooled Finance Development Fund |
| PMC | Pune Municipal Corporation |
| PRI | Panchayati Raj Institution |
| RBI | Reserve Bank of India |
| RE | Revised Estimate |
| RECO | Revenue Expenditure to Capital Outlay |
| RETE | Revenue Expenditure to Total Expenditure |
| RLB | Rural Local Body |
| SCB | Scheduled Commercial Banks |
| SDG | Sustainable Development Goal |
| SEBI | Securities and Exchange Board of India |
| SFC | State Finance Commission |
| SMC | Surat Municipal Corporation |
| SPFE | State Pooled Finance Entity |
| SPV | Special Purpose Vehicle |
| TNUDF | Tamil Nadu Urban Development Fund |
| TNUIFSL | Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited |
| ULB | Urban Local Body |
| UN | United Nations |
| UN-Habitat | United Nations Human Settlements Programme |
| UT | Union Territory |
| VLT | Vacant Land Tax |
| VMC | Vishakhapatnam Municipal Corporation |