Pune, The most liveable city in India as per the Ease of Living Index

Pune is the most liveable city in as per the Ease of Living Index launched today by Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri. It is followed by Navi Mumbai and Greater Mumbai. Four cities from Maharashtra including Pune, Navi Mumbai, Greater Mumbai and Thane were among the top 10 cities. As per the report, Delhi is ranked 65, Gurgaon 88 and Ghaziabad 46. Kolkata was not the part of the report.
Other cities that are a part of the top 10 list includes Tirupati at number 4, Chandigarh at number 5, Raipur at number 7, Indore at number 8, Vijaywada at no 9 and Bhopal at number 10.
The survey included 111 cities in the country on the basis of four parameters institutional, social, economic and physical that is further segregated into 15 categories and 78 indicators.
The categories included governance, identity and culture, education, economy and employment, waste water management, health, security and safety, reduced pollution, mixed land use, transport and mobility, solid waste management, power supply, housing and inclusiveness, assured water supply and open public spaces.
The Ease of Living Index is an initiative of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), launched in June 2017 , to assess their liveability vis-à-vis global and national benchmarks and encourage cities to move towards an “outcome based” approach to urban policy and management.
A data entry portal and a monitoring dashboard for real time update on progress was established. The cities submitted data on more than 50,000 points. Secondary audit of 10,000 documents, physical audit of 14,000 units and survey of over 60,000 citizens was completed and that led to finalising the index, ministry sources explained.
The Ease of Living assessment standards are closely linked to sustainable development goals (SDGs) and seek to provide impetus to India’s effort for systematic tracking progress of SDGs in urban areas. Of the 17 SDGs, 8 goals are linked to India’s ease of living assessment framework with SDG 11 that is aimed at making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable, Puri said.