Cantonment Board
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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,
- 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
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
- ↑ Cantonments Act, 2006
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