new delhi bengaluru has emerged as the best city on ease of living parameters among 49 millionplus cities in 2020 pushing the earlier top ranker pune to number two among 62 cities having less than one million population shimla has topped the list followed by bhubaneswar according to the union housing and urban development ministryunlike the first ease of living index eoli report of 2018 the latest ranking of cities in 2020 has put 111 cities in two categories millionplus and cities having population less than a million read alsoindore ranks no 1 in millionplus municipalities in india ndmc tops among small civic bodiesindias cleanest city indore has also emerged as the best performing municipality among all millionplus municipalities in the firstever such ranking by the centre new delhi municipal council ndmc has been ranked as the best among municipalities that have less than one million population as perthe report was released by union housing and urban affairs minister hardeep singh puri on thursday the assessment exercise was carried out last year just before the lockdown no city has been included from west bengal because of data challenge the report saidaccording to the report ahmedabad chennai surat navi mumbai coimbatore vadodara indore and greater mumbai are the other eight cities that have found place in the top 10 among the millionplus cities in the eoli while delhi ranks at 13 its neighbouring ghaziabad and faridabad have found a place at 30 and 40 respectively the other ncr city of meerut ranked at 36similarly in the less than million category silvassa kakinada salem vellore gandhinagar gurugram davangere and tiruchirappalli have made it to the top 10 listthe eoli is an assessment tool that evaluates the quality of life and the impact of various initiatives for urban development it provides a comprehensive understanding of participating cities based on quality of life economicability of a city and its sustainability and resilience the assessment also incorporates the residents view on the services provided by city administration through a citizen perception surveybhubaneswar ranked top in the list on the people feeling satisfied with the local administrationthe ministry said the pillarwise scores help cities assess their level of development and identify existing gaps that obstruct their growth this also promotes healthy competition through rankings and incentivises them to improve further and even emulate the best practices from their peer citiesthe eoli has been carried out on four parameters of quality of life economic ability sustainability and citizen survey the quality of life covers aspects such as affordable housing access to clean water basic education healthcare facilities safety and security and recreation avenuesaccording to the report indian cities have achieved an average score of 535 in the eoli on a scale of 0 to 100 it has also flagged the low national average scores on economic ability at 132 this means there is huge untapped potential in urban centres to turn them into hubs of economic growth and prosperitythe report shows among all the 49 millionplus cities