Annexure 2: Abbreviations

Abbreviation Expanded

AAO Assistant Accounts Officer

AAR ABL ACC ADC ADPCs AEEO AHCT AHs AIDS ALM AMCO

ANM APL APO ASER ATM ATM AV AWC AWH AWW AY BC

Age Adjusted Incidence Rate Activity Based Learning Authorised Collection Centre Assistant Drug Controller Additional District Project Coordinators Assistant Elementary Education Officer Aarogyasri Health Care Trust Area Hospitals Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome Active Learning Method Associate Medical Coordinator (usually, a Technical Officer/Database Administrator) Auxiliary Nurse Midwife Above Poverty Line Assistant Programme Officer Annual Status of Education Reports, www.asercentre.org Access to Medicines Automated Teller Machine Audio-Visual Anganwadi Centre Anganwadi Helper Anganwadi Worker Annual Year Business Correspondent

BCC BDO BEO

Behaviour Change Communication Block Development Officers Block Education Officer

BFL

Better Female Literacy BICS Basic Interpersonal Communication Skill BISCORE Bihar Society for Computerisation of Registration BMO Block Medical Officer BOOT Build, Own, Operate and Transfer BOT Build-Operate-Transfer BPL Below Poverty Line BRC Block Resource Centre BRGF Backward Regions Grant Fund BRTE Block Resource Teacher Educator CAL Computer Aided Learning CBSE Central Board of Secondary Education CCA Complementary Country Analysis CCDU Communication and Capacity Development Unit CCE Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation CCTV Closed-Circuit Television C-DAC Centre for Development of Advanced Computing CDHO Chief District Health Officer CDPO Child Development Project Officer CEO Cluster Education Officer CG Chhattisgarh

CGMARKFED Chhattisgarh State Co-operative Marketing Federation Ltd. CGSCSC Chhattisgarh State Civil Supplies Corporation CHC Community Health Centre CIN Carcinoma in situ (early stage cancer) CMC CMC Ltd. CMCO Chief Minister’s Camp Office CMHO Chief Medical and Health Officer CMO Chief Medical Officer CMR Custom Milled Rice CMS Clinic Management System CMS CMS Computers Ltd. CORD Computerised Registration of Documents COREPDS Centralised Online Real-time Electronic Public Distribution System CPT Compensatory Plantation of Trees CRC Cluster Resource Centre CSC Citizen Service Centre CSO Central Statistical Organisation CSO Civil Society Organisation CSR Child Sex Ratio CWSN Children with Special Needs DARPG Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances DC District Coordinator DCCBs District Consumer Cooperative Banks DDC Drug Distribution Centre DDW District Drug Warehouse

DEE DEEO

Department of Elementary Education District Elementary Education Officer

DEO

District Education Officer

DFWMB DFWMO DGO DIET DISE DLM DM DM DO DPEP

District Family Welfare Medical Bureau District Family Welfare Medical Officer Diploma in Obstetrics and Gynaecology District Institute of Education and Training District Information System for Education District Level Monitoring District Magistrate District Manager Delivery Order District Primary Education Programme

DPO DRDA DTERT DTL EAP

District Project Office/District Project Officer District Rural Development Agency Department of Teacher Education, Research & Training Divisional Team Leader Externally Aided Projects

EBB EC ECIL EdCil

Educationally Backward Block Electronic Clearance Electronics Corporation of India Limited Educational Consultants India Ltd. EDL Essential Drug List EDUSAT Education Satellite EEL Essential Equipment List

EF

Evaluation Framework

ELCOT

Electronic Corporation of Tamil Nadu Ltd.

EMI EMIS EPM EQ EVS FCI FGD FLR FMCG FOGSI FPS FY GDP GER GIS GOALS GoAP GoB GOI GoMP GoR GoTN Govt. GP GPRS GPS GSDP GSM H&FW HBCR HDD

Equated Monthly Installment Education Management Information System Equipment Procurement and Maintenance Evaluation Question Environmental Studies Food Corporation of India Focused Group Discussion Female Literacy Rate Fast Moving Consumer Goods The Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India Fair Price Shop Financial Year Gross Domestic Product Gross Enrolment Ratio Geographic Information System Governance and Accelerated Livelihood Security Government of Andhra Pradesh Government of Bihar Government of India Government of Madhya Pradesh Government of Rajasthan Government of Tamil Nadu Government Gram Panchayat General Packet Radio Service Global Positioning System Gross State Domestic Product Global System for Mobile communication Health and Family Welfare Hospital Based Cancer Registry Hard Disk Drive

HIV HMIS HMS HMs HO HOHB

Human Immuno-deficiency Virus Health Management Information System Hospital Management System Head Masters Head Office Hardware On Hire Basis

HPV HQ HRMS HUL IAP IAS

Human Papilloma Virus Headquarter Human Resource Management System Hindustan Unilever Ltd. Integrated Action Plan Indian Administrative Service

IAY ICDS ICMR

Indira Awas Yojana Integrated Child Development Services, Scheme Indian Council of Medical Research

ICT

Information and Communication Technology IEC Information Education and Communication IEC campaigns Information, Education and Communication campaigns IG Inspector General IIM Indian Institute of Management

ILO

International Labour Organisation

IMA

Indian Medical Association

IMR IPC IPD IVRS JCSEE JFMCs JMC KAVERI KGBV

Infant Mortality Rate Interpersonal Communication In-Patient Department Interactive Voice Response System Joint Committee on Standards for Education Evaluation Joint Forest Management Committees Jabalpur Municipal Corporation Karnataka Valuation and e-Registration Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya

KII KMS KYR LAMPS LFL LLB

Key Informant Interviews Kernel Mode Setting / Kernel Management System Know Your Resident Large Area Multi-Purpose Society Lowest Female Literacy Levels Low Level Blackboard LLDS Life Line Drug Store LOCOST Low Cost Standard Therapeutics MAAR Mean Age-Adjusted Incidence Rate

MCQ

Multiple Choice Question MGNREGS Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme MHA Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India MHRD Ministry of Human Resource Development

Min. of Food, CS & CA

Ministry of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs MIS Management Information System

MLA

Member of Legislative Assembly

MLS MMP

Mill Loading Station Mission Mode Project

MMR

Maternal Mortality Rate

MNC MNDY MNGO

Multinational Corporation Mukhyamantri Nishulk Dawa Yojana Mother NGO

MNRE

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy MO Medical Officer MoCAFPD Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution MoFPI Ministry of Food Processing Industries MoLE Ministry of Labour and Employment MoPNG Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas MoRD Ministry of Rural Development MP Madhya Pradesh MP High Court Madhya Pradesh High Court MPLADS Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme MPs Members of Parliament MRP Maximum Retail Price MSME Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises MSP Minimum Support Price MTA Mothers’ Teachers’ Association MTP Medical Termination of Pregnancy

MVR

Minimum Value Rate or Minimum Valuation Register

NAM NBA NCERT

NWH Aarogyamithra Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan National Council of Educational Research and Training

NCF NCRP NCTE NDDB NeGP NGO NGP NIC NIE NLRMP NREGA NRHM NSC NSSO NTL NUEPA NUHM NWH OG OPD OTC P&G PACS PAM PAN

National Curriculum Framework National Cancer Registry Programme National Council for Teacher Education National Dairy Development Board National e-Governance Plan Non-Governmental Organisation Nirmal Gram Puraskar National Informatics Centre National Institute of Epidemiology National Land Records Modernisation Programme National Rural Employment Guarantee Act National Rural Health Mission National Savings Certificate National Sample Survey Organisation Network Team Leader National University of Educational Planning and Administration National Urban Health Mission Network Hospital Obstetrics & Gynaecology Out-Patient Department Over-the-counter Procter & Gamble Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies PHC Aarogyamithra Permanent Account Number

PAP test

Papanicolaou Test

PBCR

Population Based Cancer Registry PC Personal Computer PC & PNDT Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994 PDS Public Distribution System PDSN Public Distribution System Network PHC Primary Health Centre PHED Public Health Engineering Department

PIC

Project Implementation Committee

PIL PLM PLPF

Public-Interest Litigation Programme Logic Model Public Land Protection Force

PMU PoS PPP PRIs PSDN

Project Management Unit Point of Sale/Point of Service Public-Private Partnership Panchayati Raj Institutions Public Distribution System Network

PTA PTR PWD PwDs QC RAMCO REC RES RFID RHSDP

Parents’ Teachers’ Association Pupil-Teacher Ratio Public Works Department Persons with Disabilities Quality Control Rajiv Aarogyasri Medical Coordinator Rural Education Centre Rural Engineering Service Radio-frequency Identification Rajasthan Health Systems Development Project

RIE RKVY RMSC RoI

Regional Institute of Education Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana Rajasthan Medical Services Corporation Ltd. Return on Investment

RSBY RTE RTI RTI RWA

Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana Right to Education Reproductive Tract Infection Right to Information Residents’ Welfare Association

SABL

Simplified Activity Based Learning

SALM

Simplified Active Learning Method SC Scheduled Caste SCERT TN State Council of Educational Research and Training Tamil Nadu SCORE System for Computerised Registration SDMC School Development Management Committee SGSY Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana SHCIL Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd. SHG Self Help Group SIS Sugarcane Information System SKU Stock Keeping Unit SLM Self-Learning Material SLMC State Level Monitoring Committee SMART Specific, Measurable, Authentic, Realistic and Time-bound SMS Short Messaging Service SN Sector Nurse SPD State Project Director SPO State Project Office SPV Special Purpose Vehicle SRO Sub Registrar Office SSA Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan ST Scheduled Tribe STG Standard Treatment Guideline STI Sexually Transmitted Infection STPI Software Technology Parks of India TCS Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. THE Total Health Expenditure TLM Teaching-Learning Material

TNCSC

Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation

TNHSP TNMSC

Tamil Nadu Health Systems Project Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation

TNSSA TPDS TSC

Tamil Nadu Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Targeted Public Distribution System Total Sanitation Campaign

UEE UHN

Universalisation of Elementary Education Urban Health Nurse

UID

Unique Identification Number

UIDAI ULB UN UNICEF UP US FDA

Unique Identification Authority of India Urban Local Body United Nations United Nations Children's Fund Uttar Pradesh U S Food and Drug Administration

USG UT VEC VIA VILI VLV VP WBM WHO WTL ZMO ZP

Ultra Sonography Union Territory Village Education Committee Visual Inspection Using Acetic Acid Visual Inspection with Lugol’s Iodine Village Level Volunteer Village Panchayat Water Bound Macadam World Health Organisation Wipro Technologies Ltd. Zonal Medical Officer Zila Panchayat