H. Srikanth and Munmun Majumdar - Linking India and Eastern Neighbours: Development in the Northeast and Borderlands

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2021941443

ISBN: 978-93-91370-77-0 (ePub)

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• AA Arakan Army
• ADB Asian Development Bank
• AEP Act East policy
• AEZs Agri Export Zones
• AFD Agence Franaise de Dveloppement
• AIIB Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
• ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• ASI Archaeological Survey of India
• ATS Amphetamine-type stimulants
• BADP Border Areas Development Programme
• BBIN BangladeshBhutanIndiaNepal Initiative
• BCIM BangladeshChinaIndiaMyanmar
• BGB Border Guards Bangladesh
• BIMSTEC Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
• BRI Belt and Road Initiative
• BRICS Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
• BRO Border Roads Organisation
• BRWS The Burma Repatriates Welfare Society
• BSF Border Security Force
• CBTE Cross Border Trade of Electricity
• CCGT Combined-cycle gas turbine
• CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
• CEPA Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
• CESPR Centre for Environment, Social and Policy Research
• CHRO Chin Human Rights Organization
• CNA Chin National Army
• CNF Chin National Front
• COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
• COVA Confederation of Voluntary Associations
• CPEC ChinaPakistan Economic Corridor
• CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child
• CSO Central Statistical Office
• DFTP Duty Free Tariff Preference
• DPR Detailed Project Report
• EAPs Externally aided projects
• EDF Export Development Fund
• ERIA Economic Research Institute of ASEAN and East Asia
• FDI Foreign direct investment
• FMR Free Movement Regime
• GAIL Gas Authority of India Limited
• GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• GDP Gross Development Product
• GiZ Gesellschaft fr Internationale Zusammenarbeit
• GMS Greater Mekong Subregion
• GNH Gross National Happiness
• GQ Golden Quadrilateral
• GST Goods and Services Tax
• HRW Human Rights Watch
• ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
• ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• ICJ International Commission of Jurists
• ICP Integrated Check Post
• IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development
• IIIT International Institute of Information Technology
• IMBAX IndiaMyanmar Bilateral Military Exercises
• IMBF Indo-Myanmar Border Force
• IMS-GT IndonesiaMalaysiaSingapore Growth Triangle
• IMTTH IndiaMyanmarThailand Trilateral Highway
• INA Indian National Army
• IOM International Organization for Migration
• JBWG Joint Boundary Working Group
• JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency
• JICF JapanIndia Coordination Forum
• KfW Kreditanstalt fr Wiederaufbau (Credit Institute for Reconstruction)
• KMMTP Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project
• KNO Kuki National Organization
• LEP Look East Policy
• LSD Lysergic acid diethylamide
• MDMA 3,4-Methylenedioxy-N-hydroxy-N-methylamphetamine
• MDoNER Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
• MEA Ministry of External Affairs
• MHA Ministry of Home Affairs
• MHIP Mizo Hmeichhe Insuihkhawm Pawl
• MIEC MekongIndia Economic Corridor
• MJAC Mizo Joint Action Committee
• MoRTH Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
• MoU Memorandum of Understanding
• MUP Mizo Upa Pawl
• MZP Mizo Zirlai Pawl
• NAB Narcotics and Affairs of Border
• NCB Narcotics Control Bureau
• NDA National Democratic Alliance
• NDDB National Dairy Development Board
• NEC North Eastern Council
• NEDFi North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd
• NEEPCO North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited
• NEHHDC North Eastern Handicrafts and Handlooms Development Corporation Limited
• NEIIP North East Industrial and Investment Promotion Policy
• NER North Eastern Region
• NERAMAC North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Limited
• NERSDS North East Road Sector Development Scheme