ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS – P


Glossary and Acronym Definitions
P atmospheric pressure; parallax; planet; pole; pillar.
P phosphorus
p departure; polar distance.
P in A parallax in altitude.
p stg c per steering compass.
P.L. Public Law
PA position approximate.
PACS Primary Agricultural Credit Societies
PAHs polyaromatic hydrogens
PAP Project-Affected People
PASTA Plan of Action for Sustainable Tourism Development
PATA Pacific Asia Travel Association
Pb lead
PBD Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
PBDEs polybrominated diphenyl ethers
PBq penta bequerel
PBTs persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals
PC personal correction; personal computer.
PCA polar cap absorption.
PCB polychlorinated biphenyl
PCD polar cap disturbance.
PCM Pulgaon Cotton Mills
PCP potential point of collision.
PD position doubtful.
PDS Public Distribution System
PEMA pollution emissions management areas
PESA Panchayat’s Extension to Scheduled Areas Act
PESB Public Enterprises Selection Board
PF Provident Fund
PFCFA Private Fixed Capital Formation in Agriculture
PFCs perfluorocarbons
PFOs persistent fluorinated compounds
pgc per gyrocompass.
PHD Public Health Department
PHDCCI Punjab, Haryana & Delhi Chambers of Commerce and Industry
PHRD Policy and Human Resource Development
PIO Persons of Indian Origin
PLCP Potential Linked Credit Plan
PM pulse modulation.
PM particulate matter
PM post meridian (after noon).
PMC Pune Municipal Corporation
PMGSY Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
PMIUPEP Prime Minister’s Integrated Urban Poverty Eradication Programme
PMS Performance Management System
Pn north pole; north celestial pole.
POEA Philippine Overseas Employment Administration
POPs persistent organic pollutants
PP Division Policy Planning Division
PPA Power Purchase Agreement
ppb particle per billion
PPC predicted propagation correction.
PPDB point positioning data base.
PPI plan position indicator.
PPP Public Private Participation
ppt particle per tonne
PRC Pay Revision Committee
PRF pulse repetition frequency.
Priv private; privately.
PRL Physical Research Laboratory
PROHIB prohibited.
PRP Performance Related Payment
PRR pulse repetition rate.
Ps south pole; south celestial pole.
psc per standard compass.
PSE Public Sector Enterprise
PSEs Public Sector Enterprises
PSP Private Sector Participation
PSU Public Sector Undertaking
Pub. publication.
PUC Pollution Under Control Certificate
PV prime vertical.
PWA Potential Watershed Area
PWD Public Works Department
Pyl pylon.