A Cantonment Board is
a body corporate under the Cantonments Act, 2006 having perpetual succession. A
list of the 62 Cantonment Boards in the country is enclosed below. As per
Section 10(2) of the Act, every Cantonment Board is deemed to be a municipality
under clause (e) of article 243P of the Constitution for the purpose of :-
(i) Receiving grants and allocations; or
(ii) Implementing the Central Government schemes
of social sector, public health, hygiene, safety, water supply, sanitation,
urban renewal and education.
Central welfare
schemes like Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Indira AwasYojana and National Slum
Development Programme have not been extended to any
Cantonment Board including the Deolali Cantonment
Board located at Nasik. However, Government of Maharashtra has partly extended
assistance and benefits under various schemes including Central welfare schemes
covering areas of education, health and family welfare, to Deolali
Cantonment Board.
List of 62 Cantonment Boards (Command wise)
|
SI. No.
|
Name of Cantonment
|
SI. No.
|
Name of Cantonment
|
|
|
Board
|
|
Board
|
|
Central Command:
|
Southern Command:
|
|
1.
|
Agra
|
1.
|
Ahmedabad
|
|
2.
|
Allahabad
|
2.
|
Ahmednagar
|
|
,3.
|
Almora
|
3.
|
Ajmer
|
|
4.
|
Bareilly
|
4.
|
Aurangabad
|
|
5.
|
Chakrata
|
5.
|
Babina
|
|
| 6.
|
Clement Town
|
6.
|
Belgaum
|
|
7.
|
Danapur
|
7.
|
Cannanore
|
|
8.
|
Dehradun
|
8.
|
Dehuroad
|
|
9.
|
Faizabad
|
9.
|
Deolali
|
|
10.
|
Fatehgarh
|
10.
|
Jhansi
|
|
11.
|
Jabalpur
|
11.
|
Kamptee
|
|
12.
|
Kanpur
|
12.
|
Kirkee
|
|
13.
|
Landour
|
13.
|
Morar
|
|
14.
|
Lansdowne
|
14.
|
Nasirabad
|
|
15.
|
Lucknow
|
15.
|
Pune
|
|
16.
|
Mathura
|
16.
|
Saugor
|
|
17.
|
Meerut
|
17.
|
Secunderabad
|
|
18.
|
Mhow
|
18.
|
St.Thomas Mount Cum
|
|
|
|
|
Pallavaram
|
|
19.
|
Nainital
|
19.
|
Wellington
|
|
20.
|
Pachmarhi
|
Western Command:
|
|
21.
|
Ramgarh
|
1.
|
Ambala
|
|
22.
|
Ranikhet
|
2.
|
Amritsar
|
|
23.
|
Roorkee
|
3.
|
Bakloh
|
|
24.
|
Shahjahanpur
|
4.
|
Dagshai
|
|
25.
|
Varanasi
|
5.
|
Dalhousie
|
|
Eastern Command:
|
6.
|
Delhi
|
|
1.
|
Barrackpore
|
7.
|
Ferozepur
|
|
2.
|
Shillong
|
8.
|
Jalandhar
|
|
3.
|
Jalapahar
|
9.
|
Jammu
|
|
4.
|
Lebong
|
10.
|
Jutogh
|
|
|
|
11.
|
Kasauli
|
|
Northern Command:
|
12.
|
KhasYol
|
|
1.
|
Badamibagh
|
13.
|
Subathu
|
This
information was given by Defence Minister Shri AK Antony in a written reply to Shri Sameer
Bhujbalin Lok Sabha today.
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