A cantonment board is a civic administration body in India under control of the Ministry of Defence.
The board comprises elected members besides ex-officio and nominated members as per the Cantonments Act, 2006. The term of office of a member of a board is five years. A cantonment board consists of eight elected members, three nominated military members, three ex-officio members (station commander, garrison engineer and senior executive medical officer), and one representative of the district magistrate.
There are 66 Cantonment Boards in India, managed by Directorate General Defence Estates (DGDE).
Cantonments are divided into four categories, namely,
The cantonment board takes care of mandatory duties such as provision of public health, water supply, sanitation, primary education, and street lighting etc. As the resources are owned by Government of India, (1) For every cantonment there shall be a Cantonment Board. (2) Every Board shall be deemed to be a municipality under clause (e) of article 243P of the Constitution for the purposes of- (a) receiving grants and allocations; or (b) implementing the Central Government schemes of social welfare, public health, hygiene, safety, water supply, sanitation, urban renewal and education. It is the duty of the president of the cantonment board:
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Delhi
Haryana
Punjab
Uttarakhand
Madhya Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Rajasthan
Gujarat
Maharashtra
Bihar
Jharkhand
Meghalaya
West Bengal
Karnataka
Kerala
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
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