AIBP Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme
AIILSG All India Institute of Local Self Government
ANM Auxiliary Nurse Midwife
ARWSP Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme
ASCI Administrative Staff College of India
AWW Anganwadi Worker
BISAG Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo-Informatics
BPL Below Poverty Line
BRGF Backward Regions Grant Fund
CDP City Development Plan
CMP City Mobility Plan
CPL Community Participation Law
CSRE Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering
CSS Centrally Sponsored Scheme
DDC District Development Council
DIMI Decentralised Information Management Initiative
DIPS District Information and Planning System
DRDA District Rural Development Agency
DST Department of Science and Technology
EGS Employment Guarantee Scheme
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
EMP Environment Management Plan
GIS Geographic Information System
GPR Ground Penetrating Radar
HDR Human Development Reports
HHP Housing and Habitat Plan
IAS Indian Administrative Service
IAY Indira Awas YojanaICDS
ICT Information and Communication Technology
IEC Information-Education-Communication
IES Indian Economic Service
IHSDP Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme
IIPA Indian Institute of Public Administration
IIT Indian Institute of Technology
IMR Infant Mortality Rate
ISS Indian Statistical Service
JNNURM Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
LAMPS Large Area Multi-purpose Cooperative Societies
LPCD Litres Per Capita Per Day
MDM Mid-Day Meal
MFI Micro-Finance Institution
MIS Management Information System
MMR Maternal Mortality Rate
MoU Memorandum of Understanding
MoUD Ministry of Urban Development
MSK Madhyamik Siksha Karmasuchi
NABARD National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development
NCC National Cadet Corps
NCT National Capital Territory
NGO Non-Governmental Organisation
NIC National Information Centre
NIRD National Institute for Rural Development
NRDMS Natural Resources Data Management System
NREGA National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
NRHM National Rural Health Mission
NRI Non-Resident Indian
NRSA National Remote Sensing Agency
NSAP National Social Assistance Programme
NSC NUIS Committee Standards
NSS National Service Scheme
NUDBI National Urban Data Bank and Indicators
NUIS National Urban Information System
NWDP National Watershed Development Project
NYK Nehru Yuva Kendra
PACS Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies
PDS Public Distribution System
PESA Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act
PHC Primary Health Centre
PIO Public Information Officer
PLCP Potential Linked Credit Plan
PMGSY Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
PRA Participatory Rural Appraisal
PRI Panchayati Raj Institution
PRIA Participatory Research in Asia
RCH Reproductive and Child Health
RGGVY Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojana
RGI Registrar General of India
RKVY Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
RLI River Lift Irrigation
RMSPL Riddhi Management Services Private Limited
RTI Right to Information
SCP Special Component Plan
SEZ Special Economic Zone
SGSY Swarnajayanti Grameen Swarozgar Yojana
SHG Self-Help Group
SIRD State Institute of Rural Development
SSA Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
SSK Sishu Siksha Karmasuchi
SWOT Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats
TRIFED Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India
TSC Total Sanitation Campaign
UDPFI Urban Development Plans Formulation and Implementation
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
USIS Urban Spatial Information System Component
VAMBAY Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana
YASHADA Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration