| AIDS | : Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome |
| ANC | : Antenatal Care |
| ANM | : Auxiliary Nurse Midwife |
| BCC | : Behavioural Change Communication |
| CAD | : Command Area Development |
| CBD | : Community Based Development |
| CBO | : Community Based Organisation |
| CIG | : Common Interest Group |
| CO | : Community Organiser |
| DoA | : Department of Agriculture |
| DoWR | : Department of Water Resources |
| DPR | : Detailed Project Report |
| EC | : Executive Committee |
| EDP | : Electronic Data Processing |
| FCRA | : Foreign Contribution Regulation Act |
| FNGO | : Field NGO |
| FSW | : Female Sex Worker |
| GP | : Gram Panchayat |
| HIV | : Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| HRG | : High Risk Group |
| IDUs | : Injecting Drug Users |
| IEC | : Information Education & Communication |
| INM | : Integrated Nutrient Management |
| IPM | : Integrated Pest Management |
| JFPR | : Japanese Fund for Poverty Reduction |
| MSM | : Male Sex with Male |
| NABARD | : National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development |
| NACO | : National AIDS Control Organization |
| NCDS | : Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies |
| NGO | : Non-Govt. Organization |
| NHM | : National Health Mission |
| NRM | : Natural Resource Management |
| O & M | : Operation & Maintenance |
| OBC | : Other Backward Classes |
| ODMM | : Odisha Disaster Mitigation Mission |
| OIIAWMIP | : Orissa Integrated Irrigated Agriculture and Water Management Investment Programme |
| OPD | : Out Patient Department |
| OSACS | : Odisha State Aids Control Society |
| OSDMA | : Odisha State Disaster Mitigation Authority |
| OTELP | : Odisha Tribal Empowerment & Livelihood Programme |
| PLHAs | : People Living with HIV AIDS |
| PNC | : Postnatal Care |
| PP | : Pani Panchayat |
| PRI | : Panchayati Raj Institution |
| RCH | : Reproductive Child Health |
| RDI | : Rural Development Institute |
| RKVY | : Rastriya Krishi Vikash Yojana |
| RTI | : Reproductive Tract Infection / Right to Information |
| SC | : Scheduled Caste |
| SHG | : Self Help Group |
| SST | : Support Service Team |
| STD | : Sexually Transmitted Diseases |
| STI | : Sexually Transmitted Infections |
| ST | : Scheduled Tribe |
| TB | : Tuberculosis |
| UNWFP | : United Nations World Food Programme |
| VDCs | : Village Development Committees |
| WHO | : World Health Organisation |
