ACC | Anti-Corruption Commission |
ADAB | Association of Development Agencies in Bangladesh |
AIADMK | All-India Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
AITC | All India Trinamool Congress |
AL | Awami League |
ANP | Awami National Party |
ASEAN | Association of South East Asian Nations |
B-C | Pact Bandaranaike-Chelvanayakam Pact |
BCS | Bangladesh Civil Service |
BCS | (Admin) Bangladesh Civil Service (Administration) |
BHT | Baloch Haq Talwar |
BILIA | Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs |
BJP | Bharatiya Janata Party |
BLA | Baloch Liberation Army |
BNP | Baloch National Party; Bangladesh National Party |
BPL | below poverty line |
BRAC | Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee |
BSP | Bahujan Samaj Party |
CA | constituent assembly |
CBI | Confederation of British Industry |
CC | Constitutional Council (Sri Lanka) |
CFA | ceasefire agreement |
CHA | Cessation of Hostilities Agreement |
CHT | Chittagong Hill Tracts |
CIC | Ceylon Indian Congress |
CII | Confederation of Indian Industry |
CJ | chief justice |
CJI | Chief Justice of India |
CP | Communist Party |
CPA | Comprehensive Peace Agreement |
CPI | Communist Party of India; Corruption Perception Index |
CPI (M) | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
CPI (Maoist) | Communist Party of India (Maoist) |
CPI (M-L) | Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) |
CPN-M | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) |
CSDS | Centre for the Study of Developing Societies |
CSP | Civil Service of Pakistan |
CSS | centrally sponsored schemes |
CWC | Ceylon Workers’ Congress |
DDC | district development council |
DMK | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
DWC | Democratic Workers’ Congress |
EFC | Eleventh Finance Commission |
EPDP | Eelam People’s Democratic Party |
EPRLF | Eelam People’s Revolutionary Liberation Front |
EPW | Economic and Political Weekly |
EROS | Eelam Revolutionary Organization of Students |
FICCI | Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry |
FNB | Federation of NGOs in Bangladesh |
FP | Federal Party |
FRBM | Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act |
GDP | gross domestic product |
GOI | Government of India |
GRC | Gram Rajya Committee |
HDI | human development index |
HSS | Halpati Seva Sangh |
IAS | Indian Administrative Service |
ICES | International Centre for Ethnic Studies (Sri Lanka) |
ICS | Indian Civil Service |
ILO | International Labor Office |
IMF | International Monetary Fund |
IPKF | Indian Peace Keeping Force |
IR | international relations |
ISGA | interim self-governing authority |
ISI | Inter-Services Intelligence Agency; import-substitution industrialization |
IT | information technology |
JD(S) | Janata Dal (Secular) |
JHU | Jathika Hela Urumaya |
JI | Jamaat-I-Islami |
JKLF | Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front |
JMB | Jamaat ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh |
JUI | Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam |
JUI (F) | Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazlur Rehman) |
JUP | Jamiat Ulema Pakistan |
JVP | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna |
JWP | Jamhoori Watan Party |
KHAM | intercaste alliance in Gujarat of Kshatriyas, Harijans, Adivasis, and Muslims |
KKC | Krantikari Kishan Committee |
LSSP | Lanka Sama Samaj Party |
LTTE | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam |
MCC | Maoist Communist Centre |
MDG | millennium development goal |
MGP | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party |
MJF | Madhes Janadhikar Forum |
MMA | Muttahida Majlis Amal |
MP | member of parliament |
MQM | Muhajir Qaumi Mahaz |
MRD | Movement for Restoration of Democracy |
MRPS | Madiga Reservation Porata Samithi |
NAP | National Awami Party |
NC | Nepali Congress |
NCA | normal central assistance |
NCEUS | National Commission of Enterprises in the Unorganized Sector |
NCG | neutral caretaker government |
NDA | National Democratic Alliance |
NGO | non-governmental organization |
NL | National List |
NPC | National Planning Committee |
NPT | non-proliferation treaty |
NREGS | National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme |
NRI | non-resident Indian |
NRO | national reconciliation ordinance |
NSCI(Isak-Muvia) | National Safety Council of India |
NSS | national sample survey |
NWFP | North-West Frontier Province |
NWS | nuclear weapons state |
OBC | other backward classes |
OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
OIC | Organization of the Islamic Conference |
PA | People’s Alliance |
PCO | provisional constitutional order |
PCs | provincial councils |
PDB | Power Development Board |
PDP | People’s Democratic Party |
PDS | Public Distribution System |
PIL | public interest litigation |
PLA | People’s Liberation Army |
PLOTE | People’s Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam |
PLQR | permit-license-quota Raj |
PML (N) | Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) |
PMO | Prime Minister’s Office |
PNE | peaceful nuclear explosion |
PPP | Pakistan People’s Party; purchasing power parity |
PQLI | physical quality of life index |
PR | proportional representation |
PSUs | public sector units |
P-TOM | post-tsunami operational mechanism |
PWG | People’s War Group |
RSS | Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh |
SAARC | South Asian Regional Cooperation Council |
SAD | Shiromani Akali Dal |
SC | scheduled caste(s) |
SLFP | Sri Lanka Freedom Party |
SLMC | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress |
SLMM | Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission |
SMP | single member district plurality system |
SPA | Seven Party Alliance |
SSP | Sipah Sahaba Pakistan |
SU | Sinhala Heritage Party |
TADA | Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act |
TC | Tamil Congress |
TDP | Telugu Desam Party |
TFC | Twelfth Finance Commission |
TMLP | Tarai Madhes Loktantrik Party |
TMVP | Tamileela Makkal Viduthalaip Pulikal |
TNA | Tamil National Alliance |
TULF | Tamil United Liberation Front |
US (or USA) | United States |
UCC | Uniform Civil Code |
UK | United Kingdom |
ULFA | United Liberation Front of Assam |
UML | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) |
UN | United Nations |
UNF | United National Front |
UNMIN | United Nations Mission in Nepal |
UNP | United National Party |
UP | Uttar Pradesh (formerly United Provinces) |
UPA | United Progressive Alliance |
UPFA | United People’s Freedom Alliance |
WTO | World Trade Organization |