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AE Adult Education

AIE Alternative and Innovative Education

ALP Adult Literacy Programme

AMSS Assam Mahila Samata Society

Anganwadi Government sponsored child and mother care centre in India

ANM Auxiliary Nurse and Mid wife

Anudesika Teacher in the ALP, Uttarakhand

APL Above Poverty Line

APMSS Andhra Pradesh Mahila Samatha Soc iety

ASHA Accredited Social Health Activist

BDC Block Development Committee

BDO Block Development officer

BMK Bal Mitra Kendra

BMSS Bihar Mahila Samakhya Society

BP Block Panchayat

BPL Below Poverty Line

CDPO Child Development Programme Officer

CLRP/CRP Cluster Resource Person

CO Cluster Organiser

DC District Collector

DIET District Institute of Education and Training

DPC District Programme/Project Coordinator

DRG District Resource Group

DRP District Resource Person

DSP Deputy Superintendent of Police

DWCD Directorate of Women and Child Development

EBB Educationally Backward Blocks

EC Executive Committee

EGS Education Guarantee Scheme

EWR Elected Women's Representative

FIR First Information Report

Gayatri Teacher in the Jagrity Kendra, AssamGOI Government of India

GP Gram Panchayat

GPSS Gram Panchayat Samvay Samiti

GS Gram Sabha

HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus

IAY Indira Awaz Yojana

ICDS Integrated Child Development Services

ICRW International Centre for Research on Women

IFES International Foundation for Electoral Systems

IEC Information Education and Communication

IKP Indira Kranti Pratham

ITDA Integrated Tribal Development Authority

JK Jagrity Kendra

JJK Jagjagi Kendra

JMSS Jharkhand Mahila Samakhya Society

Jogini/Devadasi A woman who is dedicated to and serves God

JRM Joint Review MissionJRP Junior Resource Person

JSY Janani Suraksha Yojana

Karyakarta Village level MS staff

KGBV Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya

KM Kishori Mancha

KMSS Kerala Mahila Samakhya Society

Lok Adalat People's court in India

Mahasangha Federation

Mandal/Taluka Block

MDM Mid-Day Meal

MEO Mandal Education Officer

Mela Fair

MHRD Ministry of Human Resource and Development

MGNREGS Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee

Scheme

MMD Mahila Mangal Dal

MMS Mandal Mahila Samakhya

MLA Member of Legislative Assembly

MPDO Mandal Parishad Development Office

MPP Mandal Parishad President

MRG Mandal Resource Group

MRO Mandal Resource Officer

MS Mahila Samakhya

MSG Mahila Samakhya Gujarat

MSK Mahila Shikshan Kendra

NABARD National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development

NCERT National Council of Educational Research and Training

NGO Non-Governmental Organisation

NIOS National Institute of Open Schooling

NPE National Policy on Education

NPEGEL National Programme for Education of Girls at Elementary Level

NRG National Resource Group

NRLM National Rural Livelihoods Mission

NRHM National Rural Health Mission

NSDF National Slum Dwellers Federations

OBC Other Backward Class

OBE Open Basic Education

OC Officer in Charge

Panch/PanchayatTraditional system of governance and justice delivery mechanism

PDR Panchayat Development Report

PDS Public Distribution System

PHC Public Health Centre

PLP Panchayat Literacy Programme

PMSA Panchayat Mahila Shakti Abhiyan

P&RD Panchayats and Rural Development Department

Pradhan Head of Panchayat Samit i (block level )

PRI Panchayati Raj InstitutionPWDVA Protection of Women f rom Domest ic Violence Act

RBC Residential Bridge Course

RDO Revenue Divisional Officer

RTE Right To Education

RTI Right To Information

Sahayogini Village level MS staff

Saheli Teacher at Jagjagi Kendra

Samooh/Sangha Village level women's collective

Sarpanch Head of panchayat (village level)

SC/ST Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe

SCRB State Crime Records Bureau

SDM Sub Divisional Magistrate

SGSY Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana

SHG Self Help Group

SJC Social Justice Committee

SLMA State Literacy Mission Authority

SMC School Management Committee

SP Superintendent of Police

SPD State Programme Director

SPARC Society for Promot ion of Area Resource Centres

SRP State Resource Person

SSA Sarva Shikshan Abhiyan

TLM Teacher Learning Material

TSC Total Sanitation Campaign

VAW Violence Against Women

VDO Village Development Officer

VEC Village Education Committee

Vidhan Sabha State Legislative Assembly

ZPTC Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituency

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