| 10YFP | Ten Year Framework of Programs |
| ABGL | Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League |
| CPI | Communist Party of India |
| CPI (M) | Communist Part of India (Marxist) |
| CSR | Corporate Social Responsibility |
| DGHC | Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council |
| DPA | Darjeeling Planter’s Association |
| DTA | Darjeeling Tea Association |
| EFTA | European Fair Trade Association |
| FLO | Fair Trade Labelling Organizations International |
| GI | Geographical Indications |
| GJM | Gorkha Janamukti Morcha |
| GNLF | Gorkha National Liberation Front |
| GTA | Gorkhaland Territorial Administration |
| IC | Internal Control (for organic certification) |
| ICDS | Integrative Child Development Services (Government of India) |
| IMO | Institute of Marketecology |
| MNREGA | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act [Also referred to as NREGA] |
| NABARD | National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development |
| SCP | Sustainable Consumption and Production |
| SKS | Sānu Krishak Sansthā |
| SPO | Small Producer Organizations |
| UNCSD | United Nation Commission on Sustainable Development |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |