Mumbai may be the financial capital of India but when it comes to overall liveability factor, the city loses out to the country’s political capital, Delhi.
According to the Liveability Index 2010, jointly prepared by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Institute of Competitiveness (IFC), Delhi is the best Indian city to live in closely followed by Mumbai. Besides topping the index, Delhi is also found to be coming up as an aspirational benchmark of urban development for other cities.
Mumbai is second in the list of 37 cities mapped on parameters like living standard, socio-cultural political environment, education, medical standards and recreational possibilities, among others. Mumbai is followed by Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Pune ranked 3rd to 8th, while Faridabad, Ludhiana, Lucknow, Patna, Visakhapatnam and Jamshedpur are the last six ranked cities.
Even though Mumbai loses to Delhi in the overall rankings, when it comes to city planning and socio-cultural political environment Mumbai tops the list. But Mumbai loses ground and is ranked a lowly 12th for medical standards.
Where Delhi springs a surprise is in the safety criteria. Contrary to
reports that Delhi is a very unsafe city, the study claimed that Delhi was the safest city in the country followed by Bhopal and Bengaluru. Delhi also topped the list in domains of education and economic environment followed by Mumbai and Bengaluru.
Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Gurgaon and Noida provided the best housing options in terms of house-cost, availability, urban household crowding and household incomes, the study states.
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