Cantonment Board

Cantonment Board is one of civic administration body in India under control of Ministry of Defence. The Board comprise elected members besides ex-officio and nominated members as per the Cantonments Act, 2006.[1] The term of office of a member of a Board shall be five years.[2] Cantonments is divided into four categories, namely,

  1. Category I - population exceeds fifty thousand
  2. Category II - population exceeds ten thousand, but does not exceed fifty thousand
  3. Category III - population exceeds two thousand five hundred, but does not exceed ten thousand
  4. Category IV - population does not exceed two thousand five hundred.

Functions

It take care of mandatory duties like of provision of public health, water supply, sanitation, primary education and street lighting etc.[3] As the resources are owned by government of India, it can't levy any tax. Government of India provides the financial assistance.

References

  1. ↑ Cantonments Act, 2006
  2. ↑ Government of India (1 August 2014). "Election for Cantonment Boards". Elections of Cantonment Board. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  3. ↑ cantonment board of Delhi. "functions and Duties". Retrieved August 2, 2014.