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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Name: Chalam, K. S., author.
Title: Social economy of development in India / K. S. Chalam.
Description: Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE, [2016] | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016026480 | ISBN 9789385985119 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Economic developmentSocial aspectsIndia. | Welfare
economicsIndia. | IndiaSocial conditions. | IndiaEconomic conditions.
Classification: LCC HC435.3 .C54 2016 | DDC 338.954dc23 LC
record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016026480
ISBN: 978-93-859-8511-9 (HB)
SAGE Team: Supriya Das and Alekha Chandra Jena
Contents
ACB
Anti-Corruption Bureau
ACR
Annual Confidential Record
AICTE
All India Council of Technical Education
AP
Andhra Pradesh
ASCE
American Society of Civil Engineers
AYUSH
Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy
BALCO
Bharat Aluminium Company
BCCI
Board of Control for Cricket in India
BIFR
Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
BJP
Bharatiya Janata Party
BOP
Balance of Payments
BPL
Below Poverty Line
BPO
Business Process Outsourcing
BSP
Bahujan Samaj Party
CACP
Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices
CAD
Capital Account Deficit
CAG
Comptroller and Auditor General
CBI
Central Bureau of Investigation
CDI
Caste-related Development Index
CID
Caste-based Index of Discrimination
CII
Confederation of Indian Industry
CMOP
Caste Mode of Production
CPC
Communist Party of China
CPI
Corruption Perception Index
CRBI
Crime Records Bureau of India
CSDS
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies
CSIR
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
CSO
Central Statistical Office
CSR
Corporate Social Responsibility
CUD
Cow Urine Distillate
CVC
Central Vigilance Commission
DMK
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
DRDO
Defense Research and Development Organisation
DST
Department of Science and Technology
ED
Enforcement Directorate
EU
European Union
EVR
Erode Venkata Ramasamy
FA
Faculty of Arts Intermediate
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization
FAPSIA
Federation of Andhra Pradesh Small Industries Association
FAR
Floor Area Ratio
FDI
Foreign Direct Investment
FEMA
Foreign Exchange Management Act
FICCI
Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
FII
Federation of Indian Industry
GAIL
Gas Authority of India Limited
GATS
General Agreement on Trade in Services
GCF
Gross Capital Formation
GCFA
Gross Capital Formation in Agriculture
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
GEM
Gender Empowerment Measure
GM
Genetically Modified
GMR
Grandhi Mohan Rao
GNH
Gross National Happiness
GSDP
Gross State Domestic Product
GVK
Gunupati Venkata Krishna Reddy
HCA
Historic Cost Accounting
HCU
Hyderabad Central University
HDI
Human Development Index
HPI
Human Poverty Index
HRD
Human Resource Development
HYV
High Yielding Variety
IAS
Indian Administrative Service
ICAR
Indian Council of Agricultural Research
ICMR
Indian Council of Medical Research
ICRISAT
International Crop Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics
ICS
Indian Civil Service
ICSSR
Indian Council of Social Science Research
ICT
Information and Communication Technology
IIM
Indian Institute of Management
IIT
Indian Institute of Technology
ILO
International Labour Organisation
IMF
International Monetary Fund
IOC
Indian Oil Corporation
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPKF
Indian Peace Keeping Force
IPL
Indian Premier League
IPR
Intellectual Property Right
IPS
Indian Police Service
IR8
A semi dwarf rice variety of Indian Rice Research Institute
IRRI
Indian Rice Research Institute
IT
Information Technology
JNU
Jawaharlal Nehru University
KCR
Kalvakunta Chandra Sekhar Rao
KVS
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanghatan
LDC
Least Developed Countries
LIDCAP
Leather Industry Development Corporation
LPG
Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation
MCCs
Multi-Caste Corporations
MCI
Medical Council of India
MCP
Male Chauvinist Pig
MDG
Millennium Development Goal
MFN
Most Favored Nation
MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MNC
Multi-National Corporation
MOP
Market-Oriented Party
MOU
Memorandum of Understanding
MP
Member of Parliament
MSME
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise
MSP
Minimum Support Price
MTF
Modified Therapeutic Food
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