ABBREVIATIONS

ABBREVIATIONS
BLCC
: Block Level Coordination Committee
BPL
: Below Poverty Line
CSWI
: Committee on the Status of Women in India (1974)
DIE
: Differential Interest Rate
DPI
: Dalit Panthers of India.
DRDA
: District Rural Development Agency
DWCRA
: Development of Women and Children in Rural Area
EDP
: Entrepreneur Development Programme
FCP
: Family Credit Plan
GOs
: Government Organizations
GKY
: Ganga Kalyan Yojana
HRD
: Human Resource Development
ICDS
: Integrated Child Development Scheme
IMY
: Indira Mahila Yojana
IJRDP
: Integrated Rural Development Program
MYRADA
: Mysore Resettlement and Development Agency
MWS
: Million Wells Scheme
NABARD
: National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development
NGOs
: Non-Governmental Organizations.
NHRC
: The National Human Rights Commission of India.
PCR Act : Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955.
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PDS
: Public Distribution System
PRI
: Panchayat Raj Institution
RBI
: Reserve bank of India
RF
: Revolving Fund
RMK
: Rashtriya Manila Kosh
SHGs
: Self-Help Groups
SHRC
: State Human Rights Commission.
SGSY
: Swarnajayanthi Gram Swarozgar Yojana
SIDB1
: Small Industries Development Bank of India
SITRA
: Supply of Improved Tools to Rural Artisans
SIPCOT
: State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu
TANWA
: Tamil Nadu Women in Agriculture
THADCO
: Tamil Nadu Housing and Adi Dravidar Development Corporation
TRYSEM
: Training of Rural Youth for Self-Employment
TNCDW
: Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women
UNDP
: United Nations Development Programmes
UN1CEF
: United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
UNIFEM
: United Nations Funds for Women
UNO
: United Nations Organization
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GLOSSARY
Arivoli lyyakkam: Literacy campaign
Atrocities Act: The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of
Atrocities) Act, 1989.
Atrocities Rules: The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of
Atrocities) Rules, 1995.
Backward castes: those whose ritual rank and occupational status are above
"untouchables" but who themselves remain socially and economically
depressed.
Caste Hindus: those falling within the caste system, or all non-Dalits.
Chakiliyar: a Dalit community of manual scavengers in Tamil Nadu.
Dalits: literally meaning "broken" people, a term employed by rights activists to
refer to "untouchables."
Panchayat: village council.
Reservations: quotas for various lower castes allowing for increased
representation in education, government jobs, and political bodies.
Scheduled castes: A list of socially deprived ("untouchable") castes prepared by
the British Government in 1935. The schedule of castes was intended to
increase representation of scheduled-caste members in the legislature, in
government employment, and in university placement. The term is also
used in the constitution and various laws.
Scheduled tribes: a list of indigenous tribal populations who are entitled to much
of the same compensatory treatment as scheduled castes.
The Hindu (TH): India's National Newspaper (in English)
Thevars: a powerful "backward caste" in Tamil Nadu.
Thina Thanthi (TT): News paper (in Tamil)
Untouchability: the imposition of social disabilities on persons by reason of
their birth in certain castes.
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