Ease of Living Index 2020: Check out the best cities to live in India

Bengaluru, which is known as the tech city of India, has topped the list of 111 cities in the government's latest 'Ease of Living Index'. The ranking was done on the basis of 49 development indicators such as quality of life, economic-ability, sustainability & citizens’ perception of basic services.

Bengaluru was followed by Pune, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Surat, Navi Mumbai, Coimbatore, Vadodara, Indore and Greater Mumbai.

Similar to the Ease of Living Index index, the assessment framework under Municipal Performance Index-2020 has classified municipalities based on their population, Million plus and less than Million Population.

In the million-plus category, Pune bagged the second position in terms of ease of living. Like Bengaluru, the city is also an IT hub that attracts a lot of young engineers from all over the country.

Ahmedabad ranked third in the Ease of Living Index in the million-plus category. It was ahead of the likes of Chennai, Surat, Navi Mumbai and several others.

In the Less than Million category, Shimla was ranked the highest in ease of living. It was followed by Bhubaneshwar, Silvassa, Kakinada, Salem, Vellore, Gandhinagar, Gurugram, Davangere and Tiruchirappalli.

Madhya Pradesh's Indore has emerged as the highest-ranked municipality, in the "million-plus category" of the Municipal Performance Index (MPI).

New Delhi Municipal Council has emerged as the leader in the Less than Million category. The Municipal Performance Index examined the sectoral performance of 111 municipalities with Delhi being assessed separately for NDMC.