Lok Sabha Question No. 467 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-19
Subject: Liveability Index
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: RAM CHARITRA

No.467

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.467 TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 19, 2017

## LIVEABILITY INDEX

## SHRI RAM CHARITRA NISHAD:

Will  the  Minister  of  HOUSING  AND  URBAN  AFFAIRS  be  pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  it  is  true  that  the  Government  has  launched  a  liveability index which will rank the country's 116 major cities on the basis of the quality of life they offer and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the liveability index is likely to cover cities with population above  one  million,  including  the  capital  cities  and  if  so,  the  details thereof; and
- (c) whether the said ranking is likely to be released in 2018?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a) :  Yes,  Madam.  It  is  true  that  the  Government  has  launched  a liveability  index  which  will  rank  the  country's  116  major  cities  on  the basis of the quality of life they offer. The details of the same has been enclosed as Annexure-I.
- (b) :    City liveability index will cover all Capital cities , 45 Million plus cities and some other cities.  The details of the same has been enclosed as Annexure-II.
- (c) :   Yes Madam. The said ranking is likely to be released in 2018.

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## LIVEABILITY STANDARDS IN CITIES

The  Government  of  India  along  with  the  various  State  and  Local  Governments  is  implementing several flagship Urban Missions. An overarching goal of the various missions and schemes is to make Indian cities more 'Liveable'. In order to develop a common minimum framework for cities to assess their existing status and chart their pathway towards providing a better quality of life to their citizens, the Ministry of Urban Development has developed a set of 'Liveability Standards in Cities' to generate a Liveability Index and rate cities.

The framework has its genesis in the 24 Smart City features contained in the Smart City Proposals and includes 79 indicators (57 Core Indicators and 22 Supporting Indicators). These indicators are organised in 15 distinct 'Categories', designed for measuring various institutional, social, economic and physical aspects that affect the quality of life of citizens and determine the 'Liveability' of a city. These are given below:

| FEATURE CONTAINED IN SCPs                                                 | CATEGORY                                                                                                  | PILLAR OF COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| Citizen Participation IT Connectivity ICT-enabled Government Services     | 1. Governance                                                                                             | Institutional                         |
| Identity and Culture                                                      | 2. Identity and Culture                                                                                   | Social                                |
| Education                                                                 | 3. Education                                                                                              | Social                                |
| Health                                                                    | 4. Health                                                                                                 | Social                                |
| Safety and Security                                                       | 5. Safety and Security                                                                                    | Social                                |
| Economy and Employment                                                    | 6. Economy and Employment                                                                                 | Economic                              |
| Housing and Inclusiveness                                                 | 7. Housing and Inclusiveness                                                                              | Physical                              |
| Open Spaces                                                               | 8. Public Open Spaces                                                                                     | Physical                              |
| Mixed Land use Compactness                                                | 9. Mixed Land Use and Compactness                                                                         | Physical                              |
| Energy Supply Underground Electric Wiring Energy Source Energy Efficiency | 10. Power Supply                                                                                          | Physical                              |
| Transportation and Mobility Walkability                                   | 11. Transportation and Mobility                                                                           | Physical                              |
| Water Supply Water Management                                             | 12. Assured Water Supply                                                                                  | Physical                              |
| Sanitation Waste Water Management                                         | 13. Waste Water Management                                                                                | Physical                              |
| Waste Management                                                          | 14. Solid Waste Management                                                                                | Physical                              |
| Air Quality                                                               | 15. Reduced Pollution ('Noise Pollution' and 'Pollution of Surface Water Bodies' have also been included) | Physical                              |

The  Liveability  Standards  framework  enables  the  calculation  of  sub-indexes  for  each  of  the  15 Categories,  allowing  cities  to  assess  their  performance  in  specific  categories  and  for  planning improvements in the gap areas. Such Sub-indexes will be aggregated to a common 'City Liveability Index'  for  each  city  on  the  79  indicators,  based  on  specific  weights  assigned  to  the  various Categories depending upon the pillar of comprehensive development.

The  Ministry  has  already  initiated  process  for  selecting  a  professional  agency  to  prepare  the liveability index.

## List of Cities

|   Sl. No. | Name of State       | Name of City   | Population   |
|-----------|---------------------|----------------|--------------|
|         1 | Andaman Nicobar     | Port Blair     | 1,40,572     |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh      | Kakinada       | 3,12,538     |
|         3 | Andhra Pradesh      | Visakhapatnam  | 17,28,128    |
|         4 | Andhra Pradesh      | Tirupati       | 2,87,482     |
|         5 | Andhra Pradesh      | Amaravati      | 1,03,000     |
|         6 | Andhra Pradesh      | Vijayawada     | 10,34,358    |
|         7 | Arunachal Pradesh   | Itanagar       | 59,490       |
|         8 | Arunachal Pradesh   | Pasighat       | 24,656       |
|         9 | Assam               | Guwahati       | 9,57,352     |
|        10 | Bihar               | Bhagalpur      | 4,10,210     |
|        11 | Bihar               | Muzaffarpur    | 3,54,462     |
|        12 | Bihar               | Biharsharif    | 2,97,268     |
|        13 | Bihar               | Patna          | 16,84,222    |
|        14 | Chandigarh          | Chandigarh     | 9,61,587     |
|        15 | Chattishgarh        | Bilaspur       | 3,31,030     |
|        16 | Chhattisgarh        | Naya Raipur    | 5,60,000     |
|        17 | Chhattisgarh        | Raipur         | 10,47,389    |
|        18 | Dadar &Nagar Haveli | Silvassa       | 98,265       |
|        19 | Daman &Diu          | Diu            | 23,991       |
|        20 | Goa                 | Panaji         | 40,017       |
|        21 | Gujarat             | Ahmadabad      | 55,77,940    |
|        22 | Gujarat             | Surat          | 44,67,797    |
|        23 | Gujarat             | Vadodara       | 16,70,806    |
|        24 | Gujarat             | Gandhinagar    | 2,02,776     |
|        25 | Gujarat             | Dahod          | 96,000       |
|        26 | Gujarat             | Rajkot         | 12,86,678    |
|        27 | Haryana             | Karnal         | 2,86,827     |
|        28 | Haryana             | Faridabad      | 14,14,050    |
|        29 | Himachal Pradesh    | Dharamshala    | 22,580       |

|   Sl. No. | Name of State    | Name of City       | Population   |
|-----------|------------------|--------------------|--------------|
|        30 | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla             | 1,69,578     |
|        31 | Jammu &Kashmir   | Jammu              | 5,02,197     |
|        32 | Jammu &Kashmir   | Srinagar           | 11,80,570    |
|        33 | Jharkhand        | Ranchi             | 10,73,427    |
|        34 | Jharkhand        | Dhanbad            | 11,62,472    |
|        35 | Karnataka        | Davanagere         | 4,34,971     |
|        36 | Karnataka        | Belagavi           | 4,88,157     |
|        37 | Karnataka        | Hubbali - Dharwad  | 9,43,788     |
|        38 | Karnataka        | Mangaluru          | 4,88,968     |
|        39 | Karnataka        | Shivamogga         | 3,22,505     |
|        40 | Karnataka        | Tumakuru           | 3,02,143     |
|        41 | Karnataka        | Bangalore          | 84,43,675    |
|        42 | Kerala           | Kochi              | 6,02,046     |
|        43 | Kerala           | Thiruvananthapuram | 7,43,691     |
|        44 | Lakshadweep      | Kavaratti          | 11,120       |
|        45 | Madhya Pradesh   | Indore             | 19,64,086    |
|        46 | Madhya Pradesh   | Bhopal             | 17,98,218    |
|        47 | Madhya Pradesh   | Ujjain             | 5,15,215     |
|        48 | Madhya Pradesh   | Satna              | 2,80,222     |
|        49 | Madhya Pradesh   | Sagar              | 2,73,296     |
|        50 | Madhya Pradesh   | Jabalpur           | 10,55,525    |
|        51 | Madhya Pradesh   | Gwalior            | 10,69,276    |
|        52 | Maharashtra      | Solapur            | 9,51,558     |
|        53 | Maharashtra      | Pune               | 50,57,709    |
|        54 | Maharashtra      | Aurangabad         | 11,75,116    |
|        55 | Maharashtra      | Kalyan - Dombivali | 12,47,327    |
|        56 | Maharashtra      | Nagpur             | 24,05,665    |
|        57 | Maharashtra      | Amravati           | 6,47,057     |
|        58 | Maharashtra      | Nashik             | 14,86,053    |
|        59 | Maharashtra      | Thane              | 18,41,488    |
|        60 | Maharashtra      | Greater Mumbai     | 1,24,42,373  |
|        61 | Maharashtra      | Navi Mumbai        | 11,20,547    |
|        62 | Maharashtra      | Pimpri Chinchwad   | 17,27,692    |
|        63 | Maharashtra      | Vasai - Virar City | 12,22,390    |

|   Sl. No. | Name of State   | Name of City    | Population   |
|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|        64 | Manipur         | Imphal          | 2,68,243     |
|        65 | Meghalaya       | Shillong        | 1,43,229     |
|        66 | Mizoram         | Aizawl          | 2,93,416     |
|        67 | Nagaland        | Kohima          | 99,039       |
|        68 | NCT of Delhi    | NDMC            | 2,57,803     |
|        69 | Odisha          | Bhubaneswar     | 8,40,834     |
|        70 | Odisha          | Rourkela        | 3,20,000     |
|        71 | Puducherry      | Puducherry      | 2,44,377     |
|        72 | Punjab          | Jalandhar       | 8,62,886     |
|        73 | Punjab          | Ludhiana        | 16,18,879    |
|        74 | Punjab          | Amritsar        | 11,32,383    |
|        75 | Rajasthan       | Udaipur         | 4,51,100     |
|        76 | Rajasthan       | Ajmer           | 5,42,321     |
|        77 | Rajasthan       | Jaipur          | 30,46,163    |
|        78 | Rajasthan       | Kota            | 10,01,694    |
|        79 | Rajasthan       | Jodhpur         | 10,33,756    |
|        80 | Sikkim          | Namchi          | 12,194       |
|        81 | Sikkim          | Gangtok         | 1,00,286     |
|        82 | Tamil Nadu      | Salem           | 8,29,267     |
|        83 | Tamil Nadu      | Thanjavur       | 2,22,943     |
|        84 | Tamil Nadu      | Vellore         | 1,85,803     |
|        85 | Tamil Nadu      | Dindigul        | 2,07,327     |
|        86 | Tamil Nadu      | Erode           | 1,57,101     |
|        87 | Tamil Nadu      | Tiruchirappalli | 8,47,387     |
|        88 | Tamil Nadu      | Thoothukkudi    | 2,37,830     |
|        89 | Tamil Nadu      | Tiruppur        | 4,44,352     |
|        90 | Tamil Nadu      | Tirunelveli     | 4,73,637     |
|        91 | Tamil Nadu      | Chennai         | 46,46,732    |
|        92 | Tamil Nadu      | Coimbatore      | 10,50,721    |
|        93 | Tamil Nadu      | Madurai         | 10,17,865    |
|        94 | Telengana       | Warangal        | 8,19,406     |
|        95 | Telengana       | Hyderabad       | 67,31,790    |
|        96 | Telangana       | Karim Nagar     | 2,89,821     |
|        97 | Tripura         | Agartala        | 4,00,004     |

|   Sl. No. | Name of State   | Name of City     | Population   |
|-----------|-----------------|------------------|--------------|
|        98 | Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow          | 28,17,105    |
|        99 | Uttar Pradesh   | Agra             | 15,85,704    |
|       100 | Uttar Pradesh   | Moradabad        | 8,87,871     |
|       101 | Uttar Pradesh   | Aligarh          | 8,74,408     |
|       102 | Uttar Pradesh   | Rampur           | 3,25,313     |
|       103 | Uttar Pradesh   | Rae Bareli       | 1,91,316     |
|       104 | Uttar Pradesh   | Bareilly         | 9,03,668     |
|       105 | Uttar Pradesh   | Jhansi           | 5,05,693     |
|       106 | Uttar Pradesh   | Saharanpur       | 7,05,478     |
|       107 | Uttar Pradesh   | Kanpur           | 27,65,348    |
|       108 | Uttar Pradesh   | Varanasi         | 11,98,491    |
|       109 | Uttar Pradesh   | Ghaziabad        | 16,48,643    |
|       110 | Uttar Pradesh   | Meerut           | 13,05,429    |
|       111 | Uttar Pradesh   | Allahabad        | 11,12,544    |
|       112 | Uttarakhand     | Dehradun         | 5,69,578     |
|       113 | West Bengal     | New Town Kolkata | 36,541       |
|       114 | West Bengal     | Durgapur         | 5,66,517     |
|       115 | West Bengal     | Kolkata          | 44,96,694    |
|       116 | West Bengal     | Howrah           | 10,77,075    |