| AGAMT | Anaithu Grama Anna Marumalarchi Thittam |
| ATR | Action Taken Report |
| CFC | Central Finance Commission |
| CLF | Cluster Level Federation |
| CSS | Centrally Sponsored Scheme |
| DAY-NRLM | Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihood Mission |
| DDU-GKY | Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana |
| DGI | Data Gaps Initiative |
| EWR | Elected Women Representative |
| FMCBG | Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors |
| FPO | Farmer Producer Organisation |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GoI | Government of India |
| GP | Gram Panchayat |
| GPDP | Gram Panchayat Development Plan |
| GrAM | Gramin Agricultural Market |
| GSDP | Gross State Domestic Product |
| ICLEI | International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| LSDG | Localisation of SDG |
| MGNREGA | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act |
| MoPR | Ministry of Panchayati Raj |
| MP | Member of Parliament |
| NIPFP | National Institute of Public Finance and Policy |
| NIRDPR | National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj |
| NRLM | National Rural Livelihood Mission |
| PEAIS | Panchayat Empowerment and Accountability Incentive Scheme |
| PESA | Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act |
| PFMS | Public Financial Management System |
| PMAY-G | Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin |
| PMEYSA | Panchayat Mahila Evam Yuva Shakti Abhiyan |
| PMGSY | Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana |
| PPC | People’s Plan Campaign |
| PRI | Panchayati Raj Institution |
| RBI | Reserve Bank of India |
| RGPSA | Rajiv Gandhi Panchayat Sashaktikaran Abhiyan |
| RGSA | Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan |
| RGSY | Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Yojana |
| RLB | Rural Local Body |
| RSS | Resource Support to States |
| SAGY | Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana |
| SC | Scheduled Caste |
| SDG | Sustainable Development Goal |
| SFC | State Finance Commission |
| SHG | Self Help Group |
| ST | Scheduled Tribe |
| SVEP | Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme |
| SWAMITVA | Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology |
| ToR | Terms of Reference |
| U20 | Urban 20 |
| UCLG | United Cities and Local Governments |
| ULB | Urban Local Body |
| UT | Union Territory |
| VDP | Village Development Plan |
| VO | Village Organisation |