· BAU -Business as Usual
· BCM -Billion Cubic Metre
· BTU -British Thermal Unit
· CDM -Clean Development Mechanism
· CO -Carbon Monoxide
· CO2-Carbon Dioxide
· CNG-Compressed Natural Gas
· CPCB- Central Pollution Control Board
· CPHEEO- Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organization
· CSO- Central Statistical Organization
· dB(A)A-Weighted Decibels
· DPCs- District Planning Committees
· EIA- Environmental Impact Assessment
· FAO- Food and Agriculture Organization
· GDP- Gross Domestic Productivity
· GEDA- Gujarat Energy Development Agency
· GJ/t -Gigajoule per tonne
· GW- Gigawatt
· ICIMOD- International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
· IFPRI-International Food Policy Research Institute
· IIPS- International Institute of Population Science
· INP- Indian Nutrition Profile
· IPCC- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
· IIT- Indian Institute of Technology
· Kgoe- Kilogram of Oil Equivalent
· IUCN- International Union for Conservation of Nature
· LULUCF- Land-Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry
· Mha- Million Hectares
· MNRE- Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
· MoA- Ministry of Agriculture
· MoEF- Ministry of Environment and Forests
· MoPNG- Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
· MPCs- Metropolitan Planning Committees
· MPN- Most Probable Number
· MT- Million Tonnes
· MTPA- Million Tonnes per Annum
· MTOE- Millions Tonnes of Oil Equivalent
· NAPCC- National Action Plan on Climate Change
· NGO- Non-Governmental Organization
· NFHS- National Family Health Survey
· NSSO- National Sample Survey Organization
· NO- Oxides of Nitrogen X
· OED- Occupational and Environmental Health
· PM- Particulate Matter
· RSPM- Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter
· SMEs- Small and Medium Enterprises
· SO2 -Sulphur Dioxide
· SPM- Suspended Particulate Matter
· TERI- The Energy and Resource Institute
· ULB- Urban Local Bodies
· UNDP- United Nations Development Programme
· UNEP- United Nations Environment Programme
· UNESCO- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
· UNFCCC-United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
· USAID- United States Agency for International Development
· VOC- Volatile Organic Compound
· WHO- World Health Organization
· WMO- World Meteorological Organization
· WTO- World Trade Organization
· WWF- World Wide Fund for Nature
