Cantonment board

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A '''cantonment board''' is a civic administration body in India under control of the [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]]. The board comprises elected members besides ex-officio and nominated members as per the Cantonments Act, 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cbdelhi.in/Documents/ca2006.pdf |title=Cantonments Act, 2006 |access-date=2014-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531124052/http://www.cbdelhi.in/Documents/ca2006.pdf |archive-date=2014-05-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The term of office of a member of a board is five years.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=107864 | title=Election for Cantonment Boards | publisher=Elections of Cantonment Board | date=1 August 2014 | accessdate=August 2, 2014 | author=Government of India}}</ref> A cantonment board consists of eight elected members, three nominated [[Indian Armed Forces|military members]], three ex-officio members (station commander, [[garrison engineer]] and senior executive medical officer), and one representative of the [[district magistrate]].

There are 64 Cantonment Boards in India.

Cantonments are divided into four categories, namely,
# Category I – population exceeds fifty thousand
# Category II – population exceeds ten thousand, but does not exceed fifty thousand
# Category III – population exceeds two thousand five hundred, but does not exceed ten thousand
# Category IV – population does not exceed two thousand five hundred.

== Functions ==
The cantonment board takes care of mandatory duties such as provision of public health, water supply, sanitation, primary education, and street lighting etc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbdelhi.in/Documents/cbfd.pdf|title=functions and Duties|accessdate=August 2, 2014|author=cantonment board of Delhi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913044717/http://www.cbdelhi.in/Documents/cbfd.pdf|archive-date=September 13, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> As the resources are owned by [[government of India]], it can't levy any tax. Government of India provides the financial assistance.

It is the duty of the president of the cantonment board:
* unless prevented by reasonable cause, to convene and preside at all meetings of the board and to regulate the conduct of business;
* to control, direct and supervise the financial and executive administration of the board;
* to perform all the duties and exercise all the powers specially imposed or conferred on the president by or under this act; and
* subject to any restrictions, limitations and conditions imposed by this Act, to exercise executive power for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act.
* in case of gross misconduct during the course of meeting, to suspend a member other than a chief executive officer from attending the un-conduct part of the meeting of the Board.

== List of cantonment boards ==

=== North ===

'''Himachal Pradesh'''
# [[Bakloh]] (near [[Chamba, Himachal Pradesh|Chamba]])
# [[Dagshai]] (near [[Solan]])
# [[Dalhousie Cantonment|Dalhousie]]
# [[Jutogh]] (near [[Shimla]])
# [[Kasauli]]
# [[Sabathu]] (near [[Solan]])
# [[Yol, Himachal Pradesh|Yol]] (near [[Dharamshala]])

'''Jammu and Kashmir'''
# [[Badami Bagh]] (near [[Srinagar]])
# [[Jammu Cantonment|Jammu]]

=== North-West ===

'''Delhi'''
# [[Delhi Cantonment|Delhi]]

'''Haryana'''
# [[Ambala Cantonment|Ambala]]

'''Punjab'''
# [[Amritsar Cantonment|Amritsar]]
# [[Firozpur Cantonment|Firozpur]]
# [[Jalandhar Cantonment|Jalandhar]]

'''Rajasthan'''
# [[Ajmer Cantonment|Ajmer,Ajmer]]
# [[Nasirabad, Ajmer|Nasirabad]] (near [[Ajmer]])
# [[Jaipur]]

=== North-Central ===

'''Uttarakhand'''
# [[Almora]]
# [[Chakrata]]
# [[Clement Town]] (near [[Dehradun]])
# [[Dehradun Cantonment|Dehradun]]
# [[Landour]] (near [[Mussoorie]])
# [[Lansdowne, India|Lansdowne]]
# [[Nainital Cantonment|Nainital]]
# [[Ranikhet]]
# [[Roorkee Cantonment|Roorkee]]

=== Central ===

'''Madhya Pradesh'''
# [[Jabalpur Cantonment|Jabalpur]]
# [[Mhow]]
# [[Morar Cantonment|Morar]]
# [[Pachmarhi]]
# [[Sagar Cantonment|Sagar]]

'''Uttar Pradesh'''
# [[Agra Cantonment|Agra]]
# [[Allahabad Cantonment|Allahabad]]
# [[Babina, Uttar Pradesh|Babina]] (near [[Jhansi]])
# [[Bareilly Cantonment|Bareilly]]
# [[Jhansi Cantonment|Jhansi]]
# [[Kanpur Cantonment|Kanpur]]
# [[Lucknow Cantonment|Lucknow]]
# [[Faizabad Cantonment|Faizabad]]
# [[Fatehgarh]]
# [[Mathura Cantonment|Mathura]]
# [[Meerut Cantonment|Meerut]]
# [[Shahjahanpur Cantonment|Shahjahanpur]]
# [[Varanasi Cantonment|Varanasi]]

=== West ===

'''Gujarat'''
# [[Ahmedabad Cantonment|Ahmedabad]]

'''Maharashtra'''
# [[Ahmednagar]]
# [[Aurangabad Cantonment|Aurangabad]]
# [[Dehu Road|Dehu Road, Pune]]
# [[Deolali]], [[Nashik]]
# [[Kamptee]], [[Nagpur]]
# [[Khadki]], [[Pune]]
# [[Pune Cantonment Board|Camp, Pune]]

=== East ===

'''Bihar'''
# [[Danapur Cantonment|Danapur]]

'''Jharkhand'''
# [[Ramgarh Cantonment|Ramgarh]]

'''Meghalaya'''
# [[Shillong Cantonment|Shillong]]

'''Odisha'''
# [[Gopalpur, Odisha|Gopalpur]]

'''West Bengal'''
# [[Barrackpur Cantonment|Barrackpur]]
# [[Dum Dum]]
# [[Jalapahar]] (near [[Darjeeling]])
# [[Lebong]] (near [[Darjeeling]])

=== South ===

'''Karnataka'''
# [[Belgaum Cantonment|Belgaum]]

'''Kerala'''
# [[Kannur Cantonment|Kannur]]

'''Tamil Nadu'''
# [[St. Thomas Mount cum Pallavaram]], [[Chennai]]
# [[Wellington Cantonment|Wellington]]

'''Telangana'''
# [[Secunderabad Cantonment Board|Secunderabad]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Cantonments of India| ]]
[[Category:Local government in India]]

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