A B B R E V I AT I O N SA B B R E V I AT I O N S
AAY: Antyodaya Anna Yojna
AICCTU: All India Central Council of Trade Unions
AIDS: Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome
AITUC: All India Trade Union Congress
ANC: Ante Natal Care,
ANM :- Auxiliary Nurse Midwife.
ARWSP: Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme
AYUSH: Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy
B.C.G.: Bacilli Calmette Guerin
BCM: Billion Cubic Meters
BDS : Bachelor of Dental Surgery.
BE: Budget Estimates
BMS: Bharat Majdoor Sangh
CBWE:Central Board for Workers Education
CC: Contraceptive Condom
CDS: Current Daily Status
CFC: Chloro-Floro-Carbons
CHC: Community Health Centre
CITU: Centre of Indian Trade Union
CPR: Couple Protection Rate
CTC: Carbon Terachloride
CWS: Current Weekly Status
D.P.T.: Diphtheria Pertussis Tetanus
DP: District Panchayat
DRDA: District Rural Development Agency
DT: Diphtheria and Tetanus
EMI: Employment Market Information
GDP: Gross Domestic Product-
GER: Gross Enrolment Ratio GDP
GFR: General Fertility Rate
GP: Gram Panchayat
GRP: Government Railway Police
HCFC: Hydro Chloro Fluoro Carbon
HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HMKP: Hind Majdoor Kisan Panchayat
HMS: Hind Majdoor Sabha
I.U.D.-Intra Uterine Device
IAY: Indira Awas Yojna
ICDS: Integrated Child Development Scheme
IFFTU: Indian Federation of Free Trade Union
IMR: Infant Mortality Rate
INTUC: Indian National Trade Union Congress
IP: Intermediate Panchayat
IPC: Indian Penal Code
IRDP: Integrated Rural Development Programme
ISM&H: Indian System of Medicine and Homoeopathy
JGSY: Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana
JRY: Jawahar Rozgar Yojana
LB: Local Body
LFPR: Labour Force Participation Rate
LHV: Lady Health Visitor
LPF: Labour Progressive Federation
LPG : Liquified Petroleum GasMDG: Millennium Development Goals
MDS : Master of Dental Surgery.
MMR: Maternal Mortality Ratio
MRP: Mixed Reference Period
N.E.C. : Not Elsewhere Classified
NFHS: National Family Health Survey
NFITU-Dhn: National Front of Indian Trade Union- Dhanbad
NFITUKOL: National Front of Indian Trade Union- Kolkata
NIC: National Industrial ClassificationNLO: National Labour Organization
NREGS: National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
NREP: National Rural Employment Programme
NSSO: National Sample Survey Organization
ODS: Ozone Depleting Substances
OP: Oral Pills
PHC: Primary Health CentrePMGSY: Prime Minister Gramin Sadak Yojana
PPM: Parts Per Million
PS: Principal Status
RE: Revised EstimatesRGGVY: Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojana
RLEGP: Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme
SC: Scheduled Caste
SGRY: Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana
SGSY : Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarojgar YojanaSHG: Self Help Group
SS: Subsidiary Status
SLL: Special and Local Laws
ST: Scheduled TribeSTD: Sexual Transmitted Diseases
TERI: Tata Energy and Resources Institute
TFR: Total Fertility Rate
TPDS: Targeted Public Disrtibution SystemTPP: Twenty Point Programme
TUCC: Trade Union Co-ordination Congress
UGC: University Grant Commission
URP: Uniform Reference Period UTUC(LS): Union Trade Union Centre (Lenin Sarani)
UTUC: United Trade Union Congress
NCIWRD: National Commission on Integrated Water Resource Development