Lok Sabha Question No. 1967 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-22
Subject: Ease of Living Index
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shashi Tharoor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1967 TO BE ANSWERED ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

## EASE OF LIVING INDEX

NO.1967 . DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

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

- (a) the list of parameters and indicators and their weightage to rank cities under the Ease of Living Index assessment launched to assess the improvements brought in quality of Iife by Government's initiatives in 100 Smart Cities and 14 other Million Plus Cities across India;
- b) whether rankings also highlighted the data insufficiency of the indicators and if SO, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has any plans to build a robust data culture by encouraging cities to share reliable disaggregated data for a more credible index and if SO, the details thereof; and
- d) whether a Citizen Perception Survey has being conducted from the Ist February, 2020 till 15th March, 2020 on behalf of the Government for the assessment exercise with respect to quality of life in the cities and if SO, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

(a): The list of parameters, indicators and their weightage to rank cities under the Ease of Living assessment framework-2019 for 111 cities, including Smart Cities, Capital Cities and Cities with million plus population Cities across India is at Annexure-I: The framework   developed to assess cities under 'Ease of Living-2019' is comprehensive and covers critical pillars of Livability namely Quality of Life, Economic Ability, and  Sustainability and uses 49 indicators across 14 categories:

(b): The ranking of cities under Ease of Living Assessment Framework 2019 has not been finalized till now-

(c) Yes, SirIn order to create a robust data culture at the city level to collect, process, and share reliable data, the Ministry has launched the DataSmart Cities Strategy in Feb 2019.

(d) Yes, Sir. A Citizen Perception Survey under the Ease of Living Assessment exercise was conducted from 16th January, 2020 to 20th March, 2020. Under this survey, more than 31 lakh citizens had given their feedbacks online and around 96 thousand responses were received from citizens through a face-toface Survey:

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## Annexure-Lin reply to\_ 1967 for\_answer\_on part

## Parliament

## Ease of Living Index 2019\_ParametersIndicators and weightage

## Ease\_of Living Index:

| Pillars                   | Pillar Weight (%)   | Category                                                           | Category Weight (%)   |
|---------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
| Quality of Life           |                     | EDUCATION                                                          | 5                     |
| Quality of Life           |                     | HEALTH                                                             |                       |
| Quality of Life           |                     | HOUSING AND SHELTER                                                |                       |
| Quality of Life           | 35                  | WASH AND SWM                                                       |                       |
| Quality of Life           |                     | MOBILITY                                                           |                       |
| Quality of Life           |                     | SAFETY AND SECURITY                                                |                       |
| Quality of Life           |                     | RECREATION                                                         | 5                     |
| Economic Ability          |                     | LEVEL OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT                                      | 7.5                   |
| Economic Ability          |                     | ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES                                             | 7.5                   |
| Sustainability            |                     | ENVIRONMENT                                                        |                       |
| Sustainability            | 20                  | GREEN BUILDING                                                     | :                     |
| Sustainability            |                     | ENERGY CONSUMPTION                                                 |                       |
| Sustainability            |                     | CITY RESILIENCE                                                    | 5                     |
| Citizen Perception Survey | 30                  | A SURVEY WAS UNDERTAKEN FOR ASSESSING CITIZEN PERCEPTION FRAMEWORK | 30                    |
| Citizen Perception Survey | 100                 |                                                                    | 100                   |

## The list of indicators is as follows:

| Pillars         | Category   | Indicator No_   | Indicator                                                |
|-----------------|------------|-----------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| General         |            |                 | Total Population of City as per Census 2011              |
|                 |            |                 | Total Area of City as of 31st March 2019                 |
|                 |            | 1               | Total Number of Household in the as per Census 2011 City |
|                 |            |                 | Household Expenditure on Education                       |
|                 |            | 2               | Literacy Rate                                            |
|                 |            |                 | Pupil-Teacher Ratio at the Upper Primary Level           |
|                 |            | 5               | Dropout Rate at Secondary Level                          |
|                 | Education  |                 | Percentage of Schools with access to Digital Education   |
|                 |            |                 | Percentage of Professionally Trained Teachers            |
| Quality of Life |            | 8               | National Achievement Survey Score                        |
|                 |            | 9               | Household Expenditure on Health                          |
|                 | Health     | 10              |                                                          |
|                 |            |                 | Availability of Healthcare Professionals                 |

| Pillars         | Category            |   Indicator No_ | Indicator                              |
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|----------------------------------------|
| Quality of Life | HEALTH              |              11 | Accredited Public Health Facilities    |
| Quality of Life | HEALTH              |              12 | Availability of Hospital Beds          |
| Quality of Life | HEALTH              |              13 | Prevalence of Diseases                 |
| Quality of Life | HOUSING AND SHELTER |              14 | Households with Electrical Connections |
| Quality of Life | HOUSING AND SHELTER |              15 | Beneficiaries under PMAY               |
| Quality of Life | HOUSING AND SHELTER |              16 | Slum Population                        |

| Pillars         | Category     |   Indicator No. | Indicator                                                      |
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| Quality of life | WASH AND SWM |              17 | Deviation of Total Water supplied from Service-Level Benchmark |
| Quality of life | WASH AND SWM |              18 | Households with Piped Water Supply                             |
| Quality of life | WASH AND SWM |              19 | Swachh Survekshan Score                                        |
| Quality of life | WASH AND SWM |              20 | Amount of Wastewater treated                                   |
| Quality of life | WASH AND SWM |              21 | Households Connected to Sewerage Network                       |
| Quality of life | WASH AND SWM |              22 | Coverage of Stormwater Drainage Network                        |
| Quality of life | Mobility     |              23 | Availability of Public Transport                               |
| Quality of life | Mobility     |              24 | Transport related Fatalities                                   |
| Quality of life | Mobility     |              25 | Road Infrastructure                                            |

| Pillars         | Category            |   Indicator No. | Indicator                                 |
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------------------------------|
| Quality of Life | SAFETY AND SECURITY |              26 | Prevalence of Violent Crime               |
| Quality of Life |                     |              27 | Extent of Crime recorded against Women    |
| Quality of Life |                     |              28 | Extent of Crime recorded against Children |

| Pillars          | Category               |   Indicator No_ | Indicator                                                                                                                 |
|------------------|------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Quality of life  | SAFETY AND SECURITY    |              29 | Extent of Crime recorded against Elderly                                                                                  |
| Quality of life  | RECREATION             |              30 | Share of Total Area of Cities that is Open Space for Public Use Availability of a_ Music, Dance and Drama CentrelTheatres |
| Quality of life  | LEVEL OF ECONOMIC      |              32 | Traded Clusters                                                                                                           |
| Quality of life  | DEVELOPMENT            |              33 | Cluster Strength                                                                                                          |
| Economic Ability | ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES |              34 | Credit Availability and Accessibility Number of Incubation CentresiSkill                                                  |
| Quality of life  |                        |              35 | Development Centres                                                                                                       |

| Pillars        | Category       | Indicator No.   | Indicator                                       |
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| Sustainability |                | 37              | Water Quality                                   |
| Sustainability |                | 38              | Total Tree Cover                                |
| Sustainability |                | 39              | Households using Clean Fuel for Cooking         |
| Sustainability |                | 40              | Rainwater Harvesting Structures                 |
| Sustainability |                | 41              | Air Quality Index a. SO2 b. NO2 C PM1O d_ PM2.5 |
| Sustainability | GREEN BUILDING | 42              | Does the City incentivise Green Buildings?      |
| Sustainability |                |                 | Green Buildings                                 |

| Pillars        | Category           |   Indicator No_ | Indicator                                                              |
|----------------|--------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sustainability | ENERGY CONSUMPTION |              44 | Energy Requirement vs Energy Consumption                               |
| Sustainability | ENERGY CONSUMPTION |              45 | Energy consumed from Renewable Sources                                 |
| Sustainability | ENERGY CONSUMPTION |              46 | Number of sustained Electrical Interruptions                           |
| Sustainability | CITY RESILIENCE    |              47 | Does the City have a Disaster Management Plan in place?                |
| Sustainability | CITY RESILIENCE    |              48 | Are Early Warning Systems (EWS) in place for Hazards?                  |
| Sustainability | CITY RESILIENCE    |              49 | Number of Deaths and Directly affected Persons attributed to Disasters |