• (Arranged alphabetically for easy access)
  

• ENVIS- Environment Information System
  

• MoEF&CC- Ministry of Environment Forests & Climate Change
  

• NIC – National Informatics Centre
  

• HSS - Hygiene, Sanitation, Sewage Traetment Systems and Technology
  

• ADB - Asian Development Bank
  

• AIP - Annual Implementation Plan
  

• AIDSCAP – AIDS Control and Prevention
  

• APL - Above Poverty Line
  

• ASHA - Accredited Social Health Activist
  

• BOD - Biological Oxygen Demand\
  

• BCC – Behavioural Change Communication
  

• BPL - Below Poverty Line
  

• BRC - Block Resource Centre
  

• CHC - Community Health Clubs
  

• COD- Chemical Oxygen Demand
  

• CDM – Clean Development Mechanism
  

• CPSEs- Central Public Sector Enterprises
  

• CPCB- Central Pollution Control Board
  

• CPHEEO- Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organisation
  

• CNG - Compressed Natural Gas
  

• CSE- Centre for Science and Environment
  

• CSIR- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
  

• CSTF- Common Septage Treatment Facility
  

• CBO – Community Based Organisation
  

• CCDU - Communication and Capacity Development Unit
  

• CRSP - Central Rural Sanitation Programme
  

• CSC- Community Sanitary Complex
  

• CSR - Corporate Social Responsibility
  

• DDWS- Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation
  

•  DSACS – Delhi State AIDS Control Society
  

• DFID- Department for International Development
  

• DPS- Duckweed Pond System
  

• DWWTS- Decentralised Wastewater Treatment Systems
  

• DWSC - District Water and Sanitation Committee
  

• DWSM - District Water and Sanitation Mission
  

• GDP- Gross Domestic Product
  

• GOI – Government of India
  

• GP - Gram Panchayat
  

• GSS - Gram Swachhata Sabha
  

• IRC- International Water and Sanitation Centre
  

• IAY - Indira Awas Yojana
  

• IEC - Information, Education and Communication
  

• IHHL - Individual Household Latrine
  

• IPC - Inter Personal Communication
  

• JMP- joint monitoring programme
  

• LGU- Local Government Units
  

• MBR- Membrane Bio- Reactors
  

• MDG- Millennium Development Goals
  

• MLD- Million Litres per Day
  

• MLALADS - Members of Legislative Assembly Local Area Development Scheme
  

• MNREGA- Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
  

• MoDWS- Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
  

• MPLADS - Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme
  

• NACO - National AIDS Control Organization
  

• NIUA - National Institute of Urban Affairs
  

• NRDWP- National Rural Drinking Water Programme
  

• NRSC- National Remote Sensing Centre
  

• NWP- National Water Policy
  

• NUSP- National Urban Sanitation Policy
  

• NSSO- National Sample Survey Office
  

• NBA - Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan
  

• NGO - Non Governmental Organisation
  

• NGP - Nirmal Gram Puraskar
  

• NRHM- National Rural Health Mission
  

• NSSC - National Scheme Sanctioning Committee
  

• O & M- Operation and Maintenance
  

• OSS- On-site Sanitation Systems
  

• PDU- Pilot cum Demonstration Unit
  

• PAC - Plan Approval Committee
  

• PAT - Profit After Tax
  

• PC - Production Centre
  

• PHED- Public Health Engineering Department
  

• PRI- Panchayati Raj Institution
  

• PSI - Population Survey of India
  

• PTA – Parent Teachers Associations
  

• RES - Renewable Energy Sources
  

• RGNDWM- Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission
  

• R & D- Research & Development
  

• RS - Renewable Sources
  

• RZT- Root Zone Treatment Systems
  

• RALU - Rapid Action Learning Unit
  

• RSM - Rural Sanitary Mart
  

• SBT- Soil Biotechnology
  

• SCOPE- Society for Community Organisation and Peoples Education
  

• STP- Sewage Treatment Plant
  

• STD - Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  

• SBM (G) – Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin)
  

• SHG - Self Help Group
  

• SuSanA- Sustainable Sanitation Alliance
  

• SLTS – School Led Total Sanitation
  
  
• SLWM - Solid and Liquid Waste Management
  

• SSA - Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
  

• SLSSC - State Level Scheme Sanctioning Committee
  

• SWSM - State Water and Sanitation Mission
  

• TPPF - Twin - Pit Pour Flush (Latrine)
  

• TSC - Total Sanitation Campaign
  

• TS- Total Solids
  

• UNICEF- United Nations Children's Fundrong
  

• UASB- Up flow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket
  

• UIDSSMT- Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns
  

• ULBs- Urban Local Bodies
  

• USAID- United States Agency for International Development
  

• USEPA- United States Environmental Protection Agency
  

• UV- Ultra violet
  

• UNESCO- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  

• UNDP- United Nations Development Programme
  

• VWSC- Village Water and Sanitation Committee
  

• WSP- Waste Sanitation Programme
  

•  WATSAN- Water & Sanitation
  

• WWTP- Wastewater Treatment Plant
  

• WSSCC- Water Supply & Sanitation Collabrative Council
  

• WHO- World Health Organization
  

• WASH – Water sanitation and Hygiene
  

• WSSO - Water and Sanitation Support Organisation
  

• ZP- Zila Panchayat /Parishad

• MHA- Ministry of Home Affaires