Bhubaneswar ranks 18th in Ease of Living Index; Pune tops the spot

ONI Bureau:  Among 111 cities in India, Bhubaneswar has been ranked 18th in Ease Of Living Index launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on Monday in New Delhi.

However, Steel City Rourkela stood at 87th rank.  Pune took the first spot followed by Navi Mubai and Greater Mumbai.

The Ease of Living Index have aim to encourage cities to move towards an ‘outcome-based’ approach to Urban planning & Management, Hardeep Puri, Minister of State (I/C) for Housing & Urban Affairshas stated.

A data entry portal and a monitoring dashboard for real time update on progress was established. The cities submitted data on more than 50000 points. Secondary audit of 10,000 documents, physical audit of 14,000 units and survey of more than 60,000 citizens have been completed which led to finalization of ease of living index.

Ease of Living Index dashboard is available at https://smartnet.niua.org/