Ease of Living Index -2020 of Andhra Pradesh

Among the 111 cities assessed as per the rankings of the Ease of Living Index -2020 released by the Union Ministry for Housing and Urban Affairs. 

• Under the ‘Less than Million’ category in the Ease of Living Index, Kakinada stood in the fourth place, while Tirupati was ranked 46. A total of 62 cities were assessed under the category.
• In the ‘Million Plus’ category, under which 49 cities were assessed, Visakhapatnam bagged the 15th rank, while Vijayawada stood in the 41st position.
• In the Municipal Performance Index, Tirupati bagged the second position in the ‘Less than Million’ category, while the ranking for Kakinada was 11. 

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​About Ease of Living Index (EoLI)
Ease of Life Index ranking was conceptualised in 2018 and developed with a framework in 2020. ​The EoLI 2020 strengthens its scope by consolidating the framework with the addition of a Citizen Perception Survey in the index, holding a weightage of 30%. It, therefore, examines the outcomes that lead to existing living conditions through pillars of Quality of Life, Economic Ability, Sustainability, spanning across 13 categories of Education, Health, Housing and Shelter, WASH and SWM, Mobility, Safety and Security, Recreation, Level of Economic Development, Economic Opportunities, Environment, Green Spaces, and Buildings, Energy Consumption, and City Resilience, that account for 70% of the overall outcome.