Lok Sabha Question No. 234 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-21
Subject: Number of Cantonments
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Mohan Mandavi, Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar, Shivkumar Chanabasappa Udasi, Vijay Baghel, Devji Mansingram Patel, Naranbhai Bhikhabhai Kachhadiya, Saikia Dilip, Sunil Kumar Soni, Devendrappa Y, Arun Sao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 234

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 st  July, 2023

## NUMBER OF CANTONMENTS

## 234. SHRI MOHAN MANDAVI:

SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

SHRI RANJEETSINGH NAIK NIMBALKAR:

SHRI SHIVAKUMAR C. UDASI:

SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL:

SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

SHRI DILIP SAIKIA:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SONI:

SHRI Y. DEVENDRAPPA:

SHRI ARUN SAO:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  total  number  of  cantonments  in  thecountry,  State/UT-wise  including  Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan and North-eastern part of the country;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  received  aproposal  from  the  State  Government  of Chhattisgarh to establish Military Cantonment at Chakarbhatha, Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh);
- (c) if so, the details thereof along with thedecision taken by the Government in this regard;
- (d) whether the Government has decided toabolish certain/all the cantonments;
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the reasonstherefor; and
- (f) the steps taken by the Government to reducethe pressure on the annual Defence budget for the development and maintenance of civil areas under cantonments?

## A  N  S  W  E  R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(SHRI AJAY BHATT)

(a):List of State/UT-wise Cantonments is enclosed as Annexure.

(b) & (c):  No, Sir.

(d) & (e):In order to bring uniformity in municipal laws governing civil areas of Cantonments and adjoining State Municipal areas, it has been decided to consider excision of civil areas of certain  Cantonments  and  merge  them  with  neighboring  municipalities.  Accordingly,  broad modalities  for  proposed  excision  have  been  shared  by  the  Ministry  with  concerned  State Governments for their comments.  One Cantonment namely, KhasYol has already been denotified w.e.f 27.04.2023.

(f):Steps have been taken by the Government to reduce the pressure on the annual Defence budget for the development and maintenance of civil areas under Cantonments as under:

(i) Cantonment Boards have started receiving grants based on the recommendations of the 15th Central Finance Commission with effect from financial year 2020-21.

(ii) 14  State  Governments  have  already  started  devolving  share  of  tax  proceeds and grants to the Cantonment Boards located in their states.

(iii) Augmentation of local revenue by revising rates of taxes such as House Tax, Water  Tax,  Conservancy  Tax,  Lighting  Tax,  Trade  and  Profession  Tax  etc.  by Cantonment Boards.

(iv) Revision of fees/charges by Cantonment Boards includingAdvertisement fee, water charges, parking fee, license fee from markets and shops, lease rents, mutation fee, building plan sanction fee and other user charges.

(v) TheCantonment  Boards  are  tapping  local  sources  of  revenue  including effective  utilization  of  CSR  funds  for  carrying  out  developmental  works  in  the Cantonment areas.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 234 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.07.2023 REGARDING 'NUMBER OF CANTONMENTS'.

State Wise List of Cantonment Boards

|   Sl. No. | Name of Cantonment   | State/UT         |
|-----------|----------------------|------------------|
|         1 | Danapur              | Bihar            |
|         2 | Delhi                | Delhi            |
|         3 | Ahmedabad            | Gujrat           |
|         4 | Ambala               | Haryana          |
|         5 | Bakloh               | Himachal Pradesh |
|         6 | Dagshai              | Himachal Pradesh |
|         7 | Dalhousie            | Himachal Pradesh |
|         8 | Jutogh               | Himachal Pradesh |
|         9 | Kasauli              | Himachal Pradesh |
|        10 | Subathu              | Himachal Pradesh |
|        11 | Badamibagh           | Jammu& Kashmir   |
|        12 | Jammu                | Jammu &Kashmir   |
|        13 | Ramgarh              | Jharkhand        |
|        14 | Belgaum              | Karnataka        |
|        15 | Cannanore            | Kerala           |
|        16 | Jabalpur             | Madhya Pradesh   |
|        17 | Mhow                 | Madhya Pradesh   |
|        18 | Morar                | Madhya Pradesh   |
|        19 | Pachmarhi            | Madhya Pradesh   |
|        20 | Sagar                | Madhya Pradesh   |
|        21 | Ahmednagar           | Maharashtra      |
|        22 | Aurangabad           | Maharashtra      |
|        23 | Dehuroad             | Maharashtra      |
|        24 | Deolali              | Maharashtra      |
|        25 | Kamptee              | Maharashtra      |
|        26 | Khadki               | Maharashtra      |
|        27 | Pune                 | Maharashtra      |
|        28 | Shillong             | Meghalaya        |
|        29 | Amritsar             | Punjab           |
|        30 | Ferozepur            | Punjab           |
|        31 | Jalandhar            | Punjab           |
|        32 | Ajmer                | Rajasthan        |
|        33 | Nasirabad            | Rajasthan        |
|        34 | St.Thomas Mount      | Tamilnadu        |
|        35 | Wellington           | Tamilnadu        |
|        36 | Secunderabad         | Telangana        |

|   37 | Agra         | Uttar Pradesh   |
|------|--------------|-----------------|
|   38 | Allahabad    | Uttar Pradesh   |
|   39 | Babina       | Uttar Pradesh   |
|   40 | Bareilly     | Uttar Pradesh   |
|   41 | Ayodhya      | Uttar Pradesh   |
|   42 | Fatehgarh    | Uttar Pradesh   |
|   43 | Jhansi       | Uttar Pradesh   |
|   44 | Kanpur       | Uttar Pradesh   |
|   45 | Lucknow      | Uttar Pradesh   |
|   46 | Mathura      | Uttar Pradesh   |
|   47 | Meerut       | Uttar Pradesh   |
|   48 | Shahjahanpur | Uttar Pradesh   |
|   49 | Varanasi     | Uttar Pradesh   |
|   50 | Almora       | Uttarakhand     |
|   51 | Chakrata     | Uttarakhand     |
|   52 | Clement Town | Uttarakhand     |
|   53 | Dehradun     | Uttarakhand     |
|   54 | Landour      | Uttarakhand     |
|   55 | Lansdowne    | Uttarakhand     |
|   56 | Nainital     | Uttarakhand     |
|   57 | Ranikhet     | Uttarakhand     |
|   58 | Roorkee      | Uttarakhand     |
|   59 | Barrackpore  | West Bengal     |
|   60 | Jalapahar    | West Bengal     |
|   61 | Lebong       | West Bengal     |

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