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                                                         GLOSSARY

Aam Admi Bima Yojana(AABY)                               E-inclusion policy, therefore, aims at reducing gaps in
                                                         ICT usage and promoting the use of ICT to overcome
It is meant for the rural landless households in the     exclusion and improve economic performance, em-
country. As per the scheme, the head of the rural        ployment opportunities, quality of life, social participa-
landless families or one earning member in each          tion and cohesion.
family will be insured.
                                                         Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Comprehensive Health Insurance
Scheme (CHIS)                                            It is the total market value of all final goods and ser-
                                                         vices currently produced within the domestic territory
It extends to all families other than the BPL families   of a country in a year.
(absolute poor) as per the Guidelines of Planning
Commission who come under the RSBY.                      Gross national income (GNI)

Consumer Price Index (CPI)                               It is GDP less net taxes on production and imports,
                                                         less compensation of employees less property
Consumer Price Index (CPI) is designed to measure        income payable to the rest of the world plus the cor-
the changes overtime in the level of retail prices of a  responding items receivable from the rest of the world
fixed set of goods and services (consumption basket)     (in other words, GDP less primary incomes payable
consumed by an average family of a defined popula-       to non-resident units plus primary incomes receivable
tion group at a particular place. The index number of    from non-resident units); an alternative approach to
industrial and agricultural workers is referred.         measuring GNI at market prices is as the aggregate
                                                         value of the balances of gross primary incomes for all
Content Management                                       sectors; (note that gross national income is identical
                                                         to gross national product (GNP) as previously used in
Term used to refer to system that manages the            national accounts generally).
content objects which form documents and it can be
used to differentiate compound document manage-          Gross National Product (GNP)
ment systems from simple document management
systems.                                                 Gross National Product is the total market value of
                                                         all final goods and services produced in a year. GNP
Density of Population                                    includes net factor income from abroad whereas GDP
                                                         does not.
Density of population is one of the important indices
of population concentrations. It is defined as the       Infant Mortality
number of persons per sq. kilometer. The geographi-
cal unit is ward, town, district, state etc.)            Death of a baby before his or her first birthday is
                                                         called infant mortality. The infant mortality rate is an
E- procurement                                           estimate of the number of infant deaths for every
                                                         1,000 live births.
It is the business to business purchasing of goods
and services through the internet.                       Janasree Bima Yojana (JBY)

E-inclusion                                              Exclusively for the Spouses of SHG members who
                                                         are not covered under AABY and who are under the
It focuses on participation of all individuals and com-  age group 18 to 58 years.
munities in all aspects of the information society.

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