Ease of Living Index 2020 (EoLI)

Ease of Living Index 2020 (EoLI)

Subject: Reports and indices

Context: The rankings under Ease of Living Index 2020 by MoHUA were announced for cities (along with the MPI, 2020) with a population of more than a million.

Concept:

• The Ease of Living Index encapsulates the outcome indicators by a Citizen Perception Survey (Bhubaneshwar had the highest CPS score) in the index, holding a weightage of 30%. It also includes SDGs in its framework.
• The methodology and approach for the revised edition of EoLI and MPI were released by MoHUA in February 2019. Essentially, the EoLI report aims to measure the well-being of Indian citizens in 111 cities, across the pillars of Quality of Life, Economic-ability, and Sustainability, with 49 indicators under 13 categories.
• Bengaluru (1st) was declared most livable followed by Pune, Ahmedabad best cities in EoLI (Ease of Living Index) 2020
• Shimla ranked first in EoLI 2020.