ABBREVIATIONS
AEC
Atomic Energy Commission
AL
Awami League
APEC
Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation
APHC
All Party Hurriyat Conference
ARE
ASEAN Regional Forum
ASEAN
Association of South East Asian Nations
BBIN-GQ-
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal Growth Quadrangle
BDR
Bangladesh Rifles
BIMSTEC
Bay of Bengal Initiative For Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic
Co-operation
BJP
Bharatiya Janata Party
BKSAL
Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League
BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party
BSF
Border Security Force
BSP
Bahujan Samaj Party
CAR
Central Asian Republics
CARICOM
Carribean Community and Common Market
CASAC
Coalition for Action on South Asian Co-operation
CBM
Confidence Building Measure
Co-ordination Committee of Maoist Parties and Organizations of
CCOMPOSA
South Asia
CENTO
Central Treaty Organization
CHT
Chittagong Hill Tracts
CMND
Credible Minimum Nuclear Deterrence
CPI
Communist Party of India
CPI(M)
Communist Party of India(Marxist)
CRZ
Compact Revolutionary Zone
CTBT
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
DAE
Department of Atomic Energy
DMK
Dravida Munnetra Kazagam
DRDO
Defense Research and Development Organization
ECO
Economic Co-operation Organization
ECOWAS
Economic Community of West African States
EEZ
Exclusive Economic Zone
EPZ
Export Processing Zone
EU
European Union
FDI
Foreign Direct Investment
FEMA
Foreign Exchange Management Act
FERA
Foreign Exchange Regulatory Act
FIIA
Foreign Investment Implementation Authority
FIPB
Foreign Investment Promotion Board
FMCT
Fissile Materials Cut off Treaty
FTA
Free Trade Agreement
GATS
General Agreement on Trade in Services
GCC
Gulf Co-operation Council
GDI
Gender Development Index
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
GEP
Group of Eminent Persons
GER
Gross Enrolment Ratio
GFCF
Gross Fixed Capital Formation
GNI
Gross National Income
GSLV
Geo-Synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
HDI
Human Development Index
HRD
Human Resource Development
IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
IDA
Islamic Democratic Alliance
IGG
Inter Governmental Group
IMF
International Monetary Fund
IMR
Infant Mortality Rate
INC
Indian National Congress
IOJ
Islami Oikya Jote
IOR-ARC
Indian Ocean Rim Association For Regional Co-operation
IPA
Integrated Programme of Action
IPC
Informal Political Consultations
IPK.F
Indian Peace Keeping Force
IRBM
Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
ISACPA
Independent South Asian Commission on Poverty Alleviation
JEI
Jammat-e-Islami
JHU
Jathika Hela Urumaya
JKLF
Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front
JP
Jatiya Party
JVP
Janatha Vimukthi Perumana
LDC
Least Developed Country
LOC
Line of Control
LSSP
Lanka Sama Samaja Party
LTTE
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
MFN
Most Favoured Nation
MGC
Mekong Ganga Co-operation
MNNA
Major Non-NATO Ally
MOU
Memorandum of Understanding
MRD
Movement For Restoration of Democracy
NAFTA
North American Free Trade Area
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NC
Nepali Congress
NCCs
National Co-ordination Committees
NDA
National Democratic Alliance
NFU
No First Use
NGO
Non-Governmental Organization
NPT
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
NREGS
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
NRR
Nuclear Risk Reduction
NRRM
Nuclear Risk Reduction Measure
NSSO
National Sample Survey Organization
NTB
Non-Tariff Barriers
OGL
Open General License
OPEC
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
PCJSS
Parbattya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti
PIPFPD
Pakistan-India People's Forum For Peace and Development
PNA
Pakistan National Alliance
PNE
Peaceful Nuclear Explosion
POK
Pakistan Occupied Kashmir
PPP
Purchasing Power Parity
PPP
Pakistan Peoples Party
PSLV
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
PTBT
Partial Test Ban Treaty
PWG
Peoples War Group
QR
Quantitative Restrictions
RCSS
Regional Centre For Strategic Studies
RJD
Rashtriya Janata Dal
ROO
Rules of Origin
SAARC
South Asian Association For Regional Co-operation
SACEPS
South Asia Centre For Policy Studies
SADCC
South African Development Co-ordination Conference
SADF
South Asian Development Fund
SAFTA
South Asian Free Trade Agreement
SAP
South Asian Parliament
SAPTA
South Asian Preferential Trade Agreement
SARC
South Asian Regional Co-operation
SARI
South Asia Regional Initiatives
SAVE
SAARC Audio Visual Exchange
SAARC Autonomous Advocacy Group of Prominent Women
SAWAG
Personalities
SCCI
SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry
SDC
SAARC Documentation Centre
SDF
SAARC Development Fund
SDGS
SAARC Development Goals
SEATO
South East Asian Treaty Organization
SIPA
SAARC Integrated Programme of Action
SLFP
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
SLMM
Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission
SMRC
SAARC Meteorological Centre
SPA
Seven Party Alliance
SPAF
SAARC Poverty Alleviation Fund
SYVP
SAARC Youth Volunteers Programme
TDP
Telugu Desam Party
TULF
Tamil United Liberation Front
ULFA
United Liberation Front of Assam
UN
United Nations
UNCTAD
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNP
United National Party
UPA
United Progressive Alliance
WTO
World Trade Organization
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