LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

AE Assistant Engineer
CE Chief Engineer
CEA Central Electricity Authority
CGRF Consumer Grievance Redressal Forum
CMVR Central Motor Vehicle Rules
CPCB Central Pollution Control Board
CPRI Central Power Research Institute
CRZ Coastal Regulation Zone
DC District Collector
DE Divisional Engineer
EE Executive Engineer
EEE Electrical and electronic equipment
EPA Environment Protection Agency
ESF Environmental & Social Framework
GDF Gender Development Framework
GHG Green House Gas
GoWB Government of West Bengal
GoI Government of India
GIS Gas Insulated Switchyard
GRC Grievance Redressal Cell
HVDS High Voltage Distribution System
LMP Labour Management Procedure
LVDS Low Voltage Distribution System
MoEF&CC Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change
MoP Ministry of Power
MoU Memorandum of Understanding
MVA The Motor Vehicles Act
NGO Non-Government Organisation
NOC No Objection Certificate
PCB Polychlorinated Biphenyls
PCCF Principal Chief Conservator of Forests
PESO Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation
PF Provident Fund
PIU Project Implementation Unit
RPF Resettlement Policy Framework
R&R Rehabilitation and Resettlement
Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition,
RFCTLARRA
Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act
RoW Right of Way
SC Scheduled Caste
SE Superintendent Engineer
SF6 Sulfur Hexafluoride
SIA Social Impact Assessment
SPCB State Pollution Control Board
SEP Stakeholder Engagement Plan
ST Scheduled Tribe
T&D Transmission and distribution
TPPF Tribal Peoples Planning Framework
WBSEDCL West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited
WBEDGMP West Bengal Electricity Distribution Grid Modernization Project