The rankings under Ease of Living Index 2020 were announced for cities with population of over a million, and cities with less than a million people. Performing poorly, Guwahati ranked 46th out of 49 cities in the ‘Ease of Living Index’ released by the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs.
The assessment exercise was conducted last year and many as 111 cities participated in ‘Ease of Living Index’.
Bengaluru has emerged as the best city on ease of living parameters among 49 million-plus cities in 2020. The IT capital of India has pushed the earlier top ranker Pune to number two, while Ahmedabad ranked the third among 111 other cities.
"Bengaluru emerged as the top performer in the Million+ category [in category of population more than million], followed by Pune, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Surat, Navi Mumbai, Coimbatore, Vadodara, Indore, and Greater Mumbai," a PIB press release said.
The ease of living is the lowest in Bareilly, Dhanbad and Srinagar. In the same category, Guwahati was placed at the 46th rank, just above Bareilly.
In cities with population of less than a million, Shimla was ranked the highest followed by Bhubaneswar while Muzaffarpur in Bihar was score lowest, according to the Ease of Living Index 2020 prepared by the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs.
"The Ease of Living Index [EoLI] is an assessment tool that evaluates the quality of life and the impact of various initiatives for urban development," the release said.
The release added, "It provides a comprehensive understanding of participating cities across India based on the quality of life, economic-ability of a city, and its sustainability and resilience. The assessment also incorporates the residents' view on the services provided by city administration through a Citizen Perception Survey."