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