Maharashtrian Cities Top the Govt's Ease of Living Index; Check Complete List Here

Published: Monday, August 13, 2018, 17:24 [IST]

The "ease of living index" released by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on Monday named Pune, Navi Mumbai and Greater Mumbai as the top three livable cities in the country. In a statement, the ministry said that the index was, "to help cities assess their liveability vis-à-vis global and national benchmarks and encourage cities to move towards an 'outcome-based' approach to urban planning and management."

Maharashtrian Cities Top the Govt's Ease of Living Index; Check List Here

It covers 111 cities based on the framework of four pillars; Institutional, Social, Economic and Physical which are further broken down into 15 categories and 78 indicators.

The top ten cities on the "ease of living index" were:

Sl. No.	City
1	Pune
2	Navi Mumbai
3	Greater Mumbai
4	Tirupati
5	Chandigarh
6	Thane
7	Raipur
8	Indore
9	Vijaywada
10	Bhopal

Pillar wise the top ten cities were:

Sl. No.	Institutional	Social	Economic	Physical
1	Navi Mumbai	Tirupati	Chandigarh	Greater Mumbai
2	Tirupati	Tiruchirappalli	Ajmer	Pune
3	Karim Nagar	Navi Mumbai	Kota	Thane
4	Hyderabad	Chandigarh	Indore	Chandigarh
5	Bilaspur	Pune	Tiruppur	Raipur
6	Kochi	Greater Mumbai	Itanagar	Tirupati
7	Ahmedabad	Amravati	Pune	Navi Mumbai
8	Pune	Vijayawada	Ludhiana	Bhopal
9	Vijayawada	Indore	Thane	Bilaspur
10	Visakhapatnam	Vasai Virar	Vijayawada	Visakhapatnam