short note on cantonment board
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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.[1] The term of office of a member of a board is five years.[2] A cantonment board consists of eight elected members, three nominated military members, three ex-officio members (station commander, garrison engineer Garrison engineer, and senior executive medical officer), and one representative of the district magistrate.
Cantonments are 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.
A contonment town is an area under the army which is administered by them as a separate body and housed different units of Army.