LATEST ABBREVIATIONS:

• CCI : Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure

• CICA : Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia

• CIHCS : Central Institution of Himalayan Culture Studies

• COBSE : Council of Boards of School Education

• DONER : Development of North Eastern Region

• DSIIDC : Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation

• HIPC : Heavily Indebted Poor Countries

• IFC : Infrastructure Finance Companies

• IGMDP : Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme

• IIIT : Indian Institute of Information Technology

• INSAS : Indian Small Arms System

• INTACH : Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage

• ISCA : Indian Science Congress Association

• IVFRI : Immigration, Visa and Foreigners Registration and Tracking

• MMRCA : Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft

• MPI : Multi-dimensional Poverty Index

• MsDP : Multi-sectoral Development Programme

• NBWL : National Board for Wildlife

• NCHER : National Commission for Higher Education and Research

• NCHRH : National Council for Human Resource in Health

• NCPCR : National Commission for Protection of Child Rights

• NFSA : National Food Security Act

• NGRBA : National Ganga River Basin Authority

• NLD : National League for Democracy

• NLM : National-Level Monitors

• NMEEE : National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency

• NPCIL : Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited

• PFRDA : Pension Fund and Regulatory and Development Authority

• SCOPE : Standing Conference of Public Enterprises

• START : Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty

• UIDAI : Unique Identification Authority of India

LATEST BOOKS AND AUTHORS

Books                                           Authors

• India’s Foreign Policy : the Democracy Dimension -                               By S.D. Muni

• The World Around Us -                                                                        By Radha Burnier

• A Compendium of Kisses -                                                                  By Lana Citron, Beautiful Books

• The Museum of Innocence -                                                                 By Orhan Pamuk

• Coalition Politics in India -                                                                   By C.P.Bhambri

• Victoria and Abdul : The True Story of the Queen’s Close Confidant-       By Shrabani Basu

• The Maruti Story : How a Public Sector Company put India on Wheels-   By R.C. Bhargava & Seetha

• Decolonization of Legal Knowledge -                                                     Edited by Amita Dhanda

• A Tale of Two Revolts: India 1857 and the American Civil War-                By Rajmohan Gandhi Into the Frame

• The Four Loves of Ford Madox Brown -                                                 By Anjela Thirlwell

• Not by Reason Role: The Politics of Change -                                       By N.K. Singh

• The Grimitiya Saga -                                                                           By Girraj Kishore

• Anklets at Sunset -                                                                             By Ministhy Dileep

• Paradise Beneath her Feet:

  How Women are Transforming the Middle East-                                     By Isobel Coleman

• Women of the Tagore Household -                                                        By Chitra Deb; translated into English    

                                                                                                              by Smita Chowdhary and Sona Roy

• The Beijing Consensus: How China’s Authoritian Model will Dominate

   the Twenty-first Century-                                                                     By Stefan Halper

• The Party: The Secret World of China’s Communist Rulers -                   By Richard McGregor

• Securing the State -                                                                            By David Omand Columbia

• The Fragrance of Forgotten Years -                                                       By Bikees Latif

• Before Memory Fades - An Autobiography-                                           By Fali S.Nariman

• Islam In A Globalised World: Negotiating Faultiness -                            Edited by Mushirul Hasan

• Keeping the Faith: Memoirs of a Parliamentarian -                                 By Somnath Chatterjee