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    ABBREVIATIONS

    (Only principal abbreviations used in the book are listed below)

    ADMK Anna Dravida Munnertra Kazhagam


    AGP Asom Gana Parishad
    AIADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
    AIFB All India Forward Bloc
    AITC All India Trinamool Congress
    AIR All India Reporter
    APHLC All Party Hill Leaders’ Conference
    App. Appendix
    Art./Arts. Article/Articles of the Constitution of India
    ATR Action Taken Report
    AVR Automatic Vote Recorder
    BAC Business Advisory Committee
    BALCO Bharat Aluminum Company Limited
    BHEL Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
    BJD Biju Janata Dal
    BJP Bharatiya Janata Party
    BKD Bharatiya Kranti Dal
    BLD Bharatiya Lok Dal
    Bn. (I)/(II) Rajya Sabha Bulletin Part I/II
    BPF Bodoland People’s Front
    BSNL Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
    BSP Bahujan Samaj Party
    C&AG Comptroller & Auditor General of India

    (xv)
    (xvi)

    c. Column (s) in the Debates

    C.A. Deb. Constituent Assembly Debates

    C.S. Deb. Council of States Debates

    CBI Central Bureau of Investigation

    CCTV Closed Circuit Television

    CGHS Central Government Health Scheme


    CHOGM Commonwealth Heads of Government Meet
    CIA Central Intelligence Agency
    CO Constitution Order
    Constitution Constitution of India
    COP Committee of Privileges
    COPLOT Committee on Papers Laid on the Table
    COPU Committee on Public Undertakings
    COR Committee on Rules
    COSL Committee on Subordinate Legislation
    Coun. Counting
    CPI Communist Party of India
    CPI(M) Communist Party of India (Marxist)
    CRC Camera Ready Copy
    Cr. PC Criminal Procedure Code
    CRPF Central Reserve Police Force
    CS Council of States
    DA Daily Allowance
    Dec. Declaration
    Digest Parliamentary Privileges—Digest of Cases (Lok Sabha
    Secretariat)
    DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
    DPA Department/Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
    (xvii)

    DSP Democratic Socialist Party


    dt. Date
    Edn. Edition
    ELR Election Law Reports
    et seq et. sequens (sequentia) (and that which follows)
    et. al. and others
    Expln. Explanation
    Ext. Extraordinary
    f.n. footnote
    F.No. File Number in the Rajya Sabha Secretariat; a letter at
    the end of the number indicates the abbreviated name
    of the section having the file
    GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
    Gaz. Gazette
    Gaz. Ext. Gazette Extraordinary
    GNLF Gorkha National Liberation Front
    GPC General Purposes Committee
    GSLV Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
    GSR General Statutory Rules
    Hansard House of Commons Debates
    HB Handbook for Members
    HC High Court
    HOP House of the People (Lok Sabha)
    H.P. Deb. House of the People Debates
    House Rajya Sabha
    Houses Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha
    IB Intelligence Bureau
    Ibid. Ibidem (in the same place)
    ICC International Cricket Council
    (xviii)

    IFC International Financial Corporation


    ILR Indian Law Reports
    INC Indian National Congress
    In re In the matter of
    Ind. Independent
    Infra below
    INLD Indian National Lok Dal
    Ins. Inserted
    ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation
    J&K Jammu and Kashmir
    J&KNC Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
    JCOP Joint Committee on Offices of Profit
    JD Janata Dal
    JD(S) Janata Dal (Secular)
    JD(U) Janata Dal (United)
    JMM Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
    JNU Jawaharlal Nehru University
    JPC Joint Parliamentary Committee

    Kaul & Shakdher Practice and Procedure of Parliament by M.N. Kaul &
    S.L. Shakdher, (6th Edition, 2009)

    KC(M) Kerala Congress (M)

    KMPP Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party


    LIC Life Insurance Corporation

    LoB List of Business

    Loc. cit. loco citato (at the place quoted)


    LPT Low Power Transmitter

    LS Lok Sabha

    LS Bn. (I)/(II) Lok Sabha Bulletin Part I/II


    (xix)

    LS Deb. Lok Sabha Debates

    LSR Lok Sabha Rules

    MANTRA Machine Assisted Translation Tool

    May Sir Thomas Erskine May’s Treatise on the Law, Privileges,


    Proceedings and Usage of Parliament, 24th Edition, 2011
    (unless stated otherwise)

    MCI Medical Council of India

    MGNREGS Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee


    Scheme

    MIGA Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

    Min. Ministry

    MISA Maintenance of Internal Security Act

    ML Muslim League

    MLA Member of Legislative Assembly

    MLC Member of Legislative Council

    mts. Minutes of a meeting of a Committee

    MP Member of Parliament

    MPLADS Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme

    MPP Manipur People’s Party

    MTNL Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited

    NC National Conference

    NCP Nationalist Congress Party

    NCT National Capital Territory

    NDRF National Disaster Response Force

    NEFA North East Frontier Agency

    NIC National Informatics Centre

    NPF Naga People’s Front

    No. Number
    (xx)

    Nom. Nominated/Nomination
    Not. Notification
    NSG National Security Guard
    O&M Organisation and Management
    OM Office Memorandum
    op. cit. Opere Citato (in the work cited)
    P. Page(s) in the Debates/Publications
    PAC Committee on Public Accounts
    PAQ Provisionally Admitted Question
    Parl. Deb. Parliamentary Debates
    PC Petitions Committee
    PD Privileges Digest, Lok Sabha Secretariat
    PDG Parliament Duty Group
    PDP Peoples Democratic Party
    PEPSU Patiala and East Punjab States Union
    PIL Public Interest Litigation
    PMK Pattali Makkal Katchi
    PSLV Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
    PSP Praja Socialist Party
    PSUs Public Sector Undertakings
    Pt. Part
    PTI Press Trust of India
    PWP Peasants and Workers Party
    RP Act Representation of the People Act 1950 or 1951, as the
    case may be
    R/Rs./Rule Rule or Rules of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of
    Business in the Rajya Sabha
    Re. Regarding
    (xxi)

    RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal


    RP Republican Party
    RPI Republican Party of India
    RPI(A) Republican Party of India (Athawale)
    Rpt. Report
    RS Deb. Rajya Sabha Debates
    RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party
    RTI Act Right to Information Act
    s./ss. Sections(s) of an Act
    SAD Shiromani Akali Dal
    SC Supreme Court
    SC/ST Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe
    SCA Supreme Court Appeals
    Sch. Schedule
    SCR Supreme Court Reporter
    SDF Sikkim Democratic Front
    Secretariat Rajya Sabha Secretariat
    SI Simultaneous Interpretation
    SLV Satellite Launch Vehicle
    SMOP Sectional Manual of Office Procedure
    SMS Short Message Service
    SP Samajwadi Party
    SPG Special Protection Group
    SO Standing Orders
    Soc/SP Socialist Party
    SQ Starred Question
    SRO Statutory Regulatory Order
    SS Shiv Sena
    (xxii)

    SSP Samjukta Socialist Party


    TDP Telugu Desam Party
    UAE United Arab Emirates
    UAM United Association of Members
    UDF United Democratic Front
    UGC University Grants Commission
    UK United Kingdom
    UPG United Parliamentary Group
    UPSC Union Public Service Commission
    USQ Unstarred Question
    VHP Vishwa Hindu Parishad
    VSNL Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited
    V./Vol. Volume
    V/vs. Versus
    w.e.f. with effect from
    W.P. Writ Petition
    W.P. (C) Writ Petition (Civil)

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