The 'ease of living’ survey for 2020 released by the Centre has come as quite an embarrassment for the Telangana Rashtra Samithi government as it has busted the myth that Hyderabad is the most liveable city in India.

Every citizen of the twin cities would wish this were true, but the perception expressed by 92,000 respondents in the survey does not fully bear this out.

Bengaluru emerged as the best city in the government’s Ease of Living Index 2020. Pune bagged the second position on the list, 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.

In the category of ‘population less than a million’, Shimla was ranked the highest in ease of living, followed by Bhubaneshwar, Silvassa, Kakinada, Salem, Vellore, Gandhinagar, Gurugram, Davangere, and Tiruchirappalli.

Indore ranked top on the government’s Municipal Performance Index’ in million plus population category.

Barely three years ago, another survey by JLL ranked Hyderabad first, followed by Bangalore (2nd) and Pune (4th) out of the top 30 global short-term growth cities; in other words, cities with short-term momentum relating to urban economies and real estate markets. A more recent survey by the same agency described Hyderabad’s formal economy as one of the ‘most resilient’ in urban India and its real estate growth in 2019 among the strongest. Read More Here