LIST OF ACRONYMS
ADB - Asian Development Bank (“Bank”)
APs - Affected Persons
BP - Bank Procedure
BPL - Below Poverty Line
DPR - Detailed Project Report
EA - Executing Agency
EP - Entitled Persons
ESMU - Environment and Social Management Unit
FGD - Focused Group Discussion
GoHP - Government of Himachal Pradesh
GOI - Government of India
GRC - Grievance redress committee
HA - Hectare
HPC - Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation
HCEIDP - Himachal Pradesh Clean Energy
Development Investment Program
IA - Implementing Agency
IPDF - Indigenous Peoples Development Framework
IPDP - Indigenous Peoples Development Plan
LA - Land Acquisition
LAA - Land Acquisition Act of India, 1894
LAO - Land Acquisition Officer
MFF - Multi -Tranche Financing Facility
M&E - Monitoring and Evaluation
MRM - Management Review Meeting
NGO - Non-Governmental Organization
NRRP - National Policy on Resettlement and
Rehabilitation, 2007
OBC - Other Backward Classes
OM - Operational Manual
OP - Operational Policies
PH - Physically Handicapped
PIU - Project Implementation Unit
PMU - Project Management Unit
PPTA - Project Preparatory Technical Assistance
RF - Resettlement Framework
RP - Resettlement Plan
R&R - Rehabilitation and Resettlement
RS - Rupees
SC - Scheduled Caste
SRP - Short Resettlement Plan
ST - Scheduled Tribe
TA - Technical Assistance
WHH - Women Headed Household
VC - Valuation Committee