eChhawani Portal

Context

Government has approved the extension of Online Building Plan Approval System (OBPAS) under eChhawani portal to five more Cantonment Boards, namely Agra, Ranikhet, Babina, Jammu and Cannanore.

About eChhawani

• eChhawani is a citizen-centric project of the Directorate General of Defence Estates, Ministry of Defence.
• Under this initiative, Cantonment Boards provide online citizen services to more than 20 lakh residents across 62 Cantonments in the country through the unified eChhawani Portal.
• It aims to improve citizen interaction with Cantonment Boards while making Cantonment Board employees better equipped, informed and responsive to public needs with transparency and in an effective manner.
• It enables citizens to avail the various services online rendered by the Cantonment Boards through Cantonment Board websites.

About Cantonment Board

• The cantonment board is a civic administration body. 
• It functions under the Ministry of Defence in India. 
• The board is constituted of the elected members, ex-officio members and nominated members in accordance with the Cantonments Act, 2006. 
• The member of the board is elected for five years. 
• The board comprises the eight elected members and three nominated military members. 
• It also comprises the three ex-officio members namely, the garrison engineer, station commander and the senior executive medical officer besides one representative from the district magistrate.