Cantonment board

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 64 Cantonment Boards in India.
Cantonments are divided into four categories, namely,
Functions.
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, it can't levy any tax. Government of India provides the financial assistance.
It is the duty of the president of the cantonment board:
List of cantonment boards.
North.
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
North-West.
Delhi
Haryana
Punjab
Rajasthan
North-Central.
Uttarakhand
Central.
Madhya Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
West.
Gujarat
Maharashtra
East.
Bihar
Jharkhand
Meghalaya
Odisha
West Bengal
South.
Karnataka
Kerala
Tamil Nadu
Telangana