City Overview

Jaipur is the capital city of Rajasthan State, the biggest State of India. It is ranked as one of the 12 Indian cities with the biggest population growth in the last decade and it is one of the 10 biggest Indian Metropolitan Areas in India. It was populated in 2011 with over 3 M inhabitants. The large population coupled with rapid population growth exert ever-increasing pressure on civic infrastructure. Jaipur is also enriched in heritage; it is a part of the golden triangle of tourism. Jaipur Municipal Corporation has also actively participated in International C40 networks for climate change. It has also been selected in the UNESCO creative cities network. Solar City Master Plan of Jaipur is also under process, which helps to create Jaipur conventional energy saving city. The GPSC will help Jaipur development of a comprehensive GHG inventory, development of draft sustainability and resilience plans (SCS – Sustainable City Strategy) for consultation process. In addition, it will help develop partnership plan with national and global networks in the sustainable cities and finance sector, e.g. Climate-KIC, UN Habitat, ICLEI, C40 Cities Network, City Climate Finance Leadership Alliance, Smart Cities Council, etc.