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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]].
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| There are 62 Cantonment Boards in India, managed by Directorate General Defence Estates (DGDE).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dgde.gov.in/sites/default/files/cantonments/AAR__2020-21.pdf |title=Annual Administration Report 2020-21 |website=dgde.gov.in |publisher=Directorate General Defence Estates, Ministry of Defence |access-date= 4 May 2022 |quote=There are 62 Cantonments in the country located in 19 States/UT | page= 5}}</ref>
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| Cantonments are divided into four categories, namely,
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| # Category I – population exceeds fifty thousand
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| # Category II – population exceeds ten thousand, but does not exceed fifty thousand
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| # Category III – population exceeds two thousand five hundred, but does not exceed ten thousand
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| # Category IV – population does not exceed two thousand five hundred.
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| [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]] has recommended abolishing the DGDE, and redistributing its functions among the armed forces and other audit bodies.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/diplomacy/story/ak-antony-tries-to-clean-up-defence-estates-department-129324-2011-03-04 | title=Antony to the defence }}</ref>
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| == Functions ==
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| 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.
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| It is the duty of the president of the cantonment board:
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| * unless prevented by reasonable cause, to convene and preside at all meetings of the board and to regulate the conduct of business;
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| * to control, direct and supervise the financial and executive administration of the board;
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| * to perform all the duties and exercise all the powers specially imposed or conferred on the president by or under this act; and
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| * 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.
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| * 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.
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| == List of cantonment boards ==
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| === North ===
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| '''Himachal Pradesh'''
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| # [[Bakloh]] (near [[Chamba, Himachal Pradesh|Chamba]])
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| # [[Dagshai]] (near [[Solan]])
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| # [[Dalhousie Cantonment|Dalhousie]]
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| # [[Jutogh]] (near [[Shimla]])
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| # [[Kasauli]]
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| # [[Sabathu]] (near [[Solan]])
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| # [[Yol, Himachal Pradesh|Yol]] (near [[Dharamshala]])
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| '''Jammu and Kashmir'''
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| # [[Badami Bagh]] (near [[Srinagar]])
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| # [[Jammu Cantonment|Jammu]]
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| === North-West ===
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| '''Delhi'''
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| # [[Delhi Cantonment|Delhi]]
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| '''Haryana'''
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| # [[Ambala Cantonment|Ambala]]
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| '''Punjab'''
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| # [[Amritsar Cantonment|Amritsar]]
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| # [[Firozpur Cantonment|Firozpur]]
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| # [[Jalandhar Cantonment|Jalandhar]]
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| '''Rajasthan'''
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| # [[Ajmer]]
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| # [[Nasirabad, Ajmer|Nasirabad]] (near [[Ajmer]])
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| # [[Jaipur]]
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| === North-Central ===
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| '''Uttarakhand'''
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| # [[Almora]]
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| # [[Chakrata]]
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| # [[Clement Town]] (near [[Dehradun]])
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| # [[Dehradun Cantonment|Dehradun]]
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| # [[Landour]] (near [[Mussoorie]])
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| # [[Lansdowne, India|Lansdowne]]
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| # [[Nainital Cantonment|Nainital]]
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| # [[Ranikhet]]
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| # [[Roorkee Cantonment|Roorkee]]
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| === Central ===
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| '''Madhya Pradesh'''
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| # [[Jabalpur Cantonment|Jabalpur]]
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| # [[Mhow]]
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| # [[Morar Cantonment|Morar]]
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| # [[Pachmarhi]]
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| # [[Sagar Cantonment|Sagar]]
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| '''Uttar Pradesh'''
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| # [[Agra Cantonment|Agra]]
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| # [[Allahabad]]
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| # [[Ayodhya Cantonment|Ayodhya]]
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| # [[Babina, Uttar Pradesh|Babina]] (near [[Jhansi]])
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| # [[Bareilly Cantonment|Bareilly]]
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| # [[Jhansi Cantonment|Jhansi]]
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| # [[Kanpur Cantonment|Kanpur]]
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| # [[Lucknow]]
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| # [[Fatehgarh]]
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| # [[Mathura]]
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| # [[Meerut Cantonment|Meerut]]
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| # [[Shahjahanpur]] | |
| # [[Varanasi Cantonment|Varanasi]]
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| === West ===
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| '''Gujarat'''
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| # [[Ahmedabad Cantonment|Ahmedabad]]
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| '''Maharashtra'''
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| # [[Ahmednagar]]
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| # [[Aurangabad Cantonment|Aurangabad]]
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| # [[Dehu Road]] (in [[Pune]])
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| # [[Deolali]] (near [[Nashik]])
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| # [[Kamptee]] (near [[Nagpur]])
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| # [[Khadki]] (in [[Pune]])
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| # [[Pune Cantonment Board|Camp]] (in [[Pune]])
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| === East ===
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| '''Bihar'''
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| # [[Danapur Cantonment|Danapur]]
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| '''Jharkhand'''
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| # [[Ramgarh Cantonment|Ramgarh]]
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| '''Meghalaya'''
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| # [[Shillong Cantonment|Shillong]]
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| '''West Bengal'''
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| # [[Barrackpur Cantonment|Barrackpur]]
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| # [[Dum Dum]]
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| # [[Jalapahar]] (in [[Darjeeling]])
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| # [[Lebong]] (in [[Darjeeling]])
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| === South ===
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| '''Karnataka'''
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| # [[Belgaum Cantonment|Belgaum]]
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| '''Kerala'''
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| # [[Kannur Cantonment|Kannur]]
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| '''Tamil Nadu'''
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| # [[St.Thomas Mount-cum-Pallavaram]] (in [[Chennai]])
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| # [[Wellington Cantonment|Wellington]]
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| '''Telangana'''
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| # [[Secunderabad Cantonment Board|Secunderabad]]
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| == References ==
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| <References/>
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| [[Category:Cantonments of India| ]]
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| [[Category:Local government in India]]
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