New Delhi, Sept. 18 -- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh called upon the Indian Defence Estates Service (IDES) officers to strive for the development of Cantonment Boards into smart, green and sustainable urban ecosystems in sync with the Government's vision of transforming India into a developed country, and aspire to achieve the target by 2035.

He was delivering the keynote address at 'MANTHAN 2025', a two-day national conference organised by the Directorate General of Defence Estates (DGDE) on the central theme 'Strategic Roadmap to Viksit Bharat @2047', in New Delhi.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said the government's decision to decriminalise minor offences under the Cantonments Act through the Jan Vishwas Act, 2023, woul...