New Delhi:Known as the centre of India's high-tech industry, Bengaluru has emerged as the top performer among the cities with more than one million population in the ease of living category while famous tourist city Shimla ranked the highest in less than one million population.
Bengaluru, which is also famous for its parks and nightlife, is followed by Pune, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Surat, Navi Mumbai, Coimbatore, Vadodara, Indore, and Greater Mumbai in the same category measured in the Ease of Living Index (EoLI) 2020. The EoLI is an assessment tool that evaluates the quality of life and the impact of various initiatives for urban development.
In less than one million categories, Shimla is followed by Bhubaneswar, Silvassa, Kakinada, Salem, Vellore, Gandhinagar, Gurugram, Davangere, and Tiruchirappalli.
The EoLI list provides a comprehensive understanding of participating cities across India based on quality of life, economic ability of a city, and sustainability, spanning across 13 categories which account for 70 per cent of the overall outcome.
Other categories of the index include education, health, housing and shelter, mobility, safety and security, recreation, level of economic development, economic opportunities, environment, green spaces, and buildings, energy consumption, and city resilience.
Similar to the EoLI index, the assessment framework under Municipal Performance Index (MPI) 2020 has classified municipalities based on their population -- municipalities having over one million population and less than one million population.
Indore has emerged as the highest ranked municipality, followed by Surat and Bhopal with more than one million population. New Delhi Municipal Council has emerged as the leader in less than one million population category, followed by Tirupati and Gandhinagar.