The Indian Army is set to merge civil areas at cantonments with municipal corporations and municipalities and designate them as military stations.
Key points
- The first cantonment to be renamed a military station is Yol in Himachal Pradesh, with Secunderabad and Nasirabad among the cantonments set to shrink.
- The move will benefit civilians who were not getting access to state government welfare schemes and enable the army to focus more on developing military stations.
- With Yol out of the list, the army currently has 61 cantonments spread across the country.
