A Study on organisational setup of Jaipur Municipal Corporation and its functions and other roles and initiatives. Jaipur City has Municipal Corporation as JMC or Jaipur Nagar Nigam.

1. Jaipur JMC
(Jaipur Municipal Corporation)
Urban Governance
Author : Sandeep Kumar

2. History of Jaipur
• Jaipur gets its name from its founder Maharaja JaiSingh II (1693-
1744) the great warrior and astronomer.
• Jaipur was a need at that time for settling his kingdom which was
then operated at Amer a hill nearby Jaipur, where acute water
shortage was there.
• Much of the credit for Jaipur goes to Vidhyadhar Bhattachary, chief
architect from Bengal who, with Jai Singh’s approval, founded the city
on strong scientific principles Laid out according to the Shilpa Shastra,
ancient architectural manual, it remains one of India’s best planned
cities.

3. City Profile (Jaipur)
City Population(2011) 30.73 Lac + 10% Floating
Area: 467 Sq. Km.
Number of Houses: 4.5 Lac (BPL Families : 26127)
Zones: City is divided into 8 geographical zones :
Wards: 91
Elected Members: 91
Co-opted Member: -
Ex-officeio Members: 12 (10 MLAs and 2 MPs)
Standing Committees: 15
Budget size: 941 Crore Rs.
Slums: JNN : 164, JDA- 47, Total - 211
Surveyed Family: JNN: 43718, JDA- 12753, Total - 56471
BPL Families: 26127

4. About Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC)
• Came into existence in the year 1994 under Rajasthan Municipality
Act 1959.
• There are currently 91 wards and each one of them is represented by
elected member.

5. About Local Self Government Department
• The Department of local self Government is the controlling
Department of all municipalities for all administrative purposes.
• It also performs monitoring and co-ordination function at the state
level for all the 190 municipal bodies of the state.
• This Department has a directorate to look after the day to day
functioning of all these Urban Local Bodies and allocates resources
and budgets to them.

6. Organizational setup
LSG Rajasthan
A state level body that is
superior to 187 ULBs of
Rajasthan
Jaipur Municipal Corporation

7. Organizational setup of Jaipur Municipal
Mayor
Commissioner
Additional
Commissioner
Deputy
Commissioners
(Zones)
Executive
Engineers
(Zones)
Chief Medical
Officers
(Zones)
Deputy
Commissioner
(Animal
Husbandry)
Deputy
Commissioner
(Slum)
Chief Fire officer Pr Officer
Deputy
Commissioner
(Garage)
Executive
Engineer
Deputy
Commissioner
(Health)
Deputy
Commissioner
(Health)
second
Chief Medical
Officer
(Headquarter)
Deputy
Commissioner
(Horticulture)
Deputy
Commissioner
(NLUM)
Deputy
Commissioner
(Headquarter)
OSD Mayor
Executive
Engineer
(Headquarters/
Construction/
Sewer)
Deputy
Commissioner
(Treasury)
Additional
Deputy
Commissioner
(Treasury)
Chief Engineer
Additional Chief
Engineer
Executive
Engineer
(Electricity and
lighting)
Magistrate
Deputy
Commsioner
(Crime
Prevention)
Superviser
Financial Advisor
Chief Town
Planner
Additional Chief
Town Planner
Chief Accounting
Officer
Registrar
Birth, Death,
Wedding

8. Ward Map
of Jaipur

9. Zones of Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC)
There are 91 wards in the Corporation divided into 8 zones:-
• Moti Dungri Zone comprises wards No. 51,53,54,59,60,61,62,64,65.
• Hawa Mahal East comprises wards No. 63,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,85,86.
• Hawa Mahal West comprises wards No. 74,75,77,78,83,84.
• Vidyadhar Nagar comprises wards No. 1 to 14,23,24,25,79,80,81,82.
• Civil Line comprises wards No. 15 to 22, 26,27,28,30,56,57,58,76.
• Sanganer comprises wards No. 35 to 39 ,45,46,47,48,49,50,52.
• Amber comprises wards No. 87 to 91.
• Mansarovar comprises wards No. 29, 31,32,33,34,40,41,42,43,44,55.

10. Vision of Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC)
• To cater the growing needs of the city by providing suitable services.
• To carry out city renovation and beautification projects like
maintenance of heritage
• sites, parks, roads, subways, bridges etc.
• To provide the best amenities that too in the most proficient manner
• Providing waste water management,
• collection of garbage on a regular basis from all over the city
• To carry out maintenance and development work in the city
• To develop recreation centers in different part of the city.

11. Obligatory functions of Jaipur Municipal Corporation
• Supply of pure and wholesome water
• Construction and maintenance of public streets
• Lighting and watering of public streets
• Cleaning of public streets, places and sewers
• Regulation of offensive, dangerous or obnoxious trades and callings or
practices
• Maintenance or support of public hospitals; establishment and
maintenance of primary schools
• Registration of births and deaths; removing obstructions and projections in
public streets, bridges and other places
• Naming streets and numbering houses.

12. Discretionary functions of Jaipur Municipal Corporation
• Construction and maintenance of public parks, gardens, libraries,
museums, rest houses, leper homes, orphanages and rescue homes
for women.
• planting and maintenance of roadside and other trees
• Housing for low income groups
• Conducting surveys
• Organising public receptions, public exhibitions, public entertainment;
provision of transport facilities with the municipality
• Promotion of welfare of municipal employees

13. Initiatives taken by Jaipur Municipal Corporation
• Conversion of Solid Waste
• Complete Sanitation Work
• Benefits of The New System
• Daily Shifting
• E-Governance (I T Solution)
• Learning from Best Practices
• Citizen Help-Line Center
• Clean City Campaign
• Project for Ward Offices
• Urban Renewal in Walled City
• Global Art Square
• Re-habilitation Housing Scheme
• JNNURM Projects
• Bio-medical Waste Facility