Bengaluru: A leading international rating agency, ECA has certified Bengaluru as the most liveable location in India, followed by Mumbai and Chennai.
Though Bengaluru is ranked 171 in the global liveability index, the tech hub has scored favourably over metros and other cities across the country in terms of overall quality of living, while New Delhi has been rated as the least liveable, with worst air quality.
“In India, Bangalore (Bengaluru), which is ranked 171 globally, scores most favourably followed by Mumbai and Chennai both ranked 182. New Delhi, ranked 204, is the least liveable, with worst score for air quality like Beijing is in the world,” ECA International said in a statement Thursday from London.
ECA was established in 1971 by a number of leading international companies. Its purpose was, and still is, to provide employers with information and advice on terms and conditions for staff employed abroad, whether local national or expatriate.
As the leading provider of knowledge, information and technology for the management and assignment of employees the world over, ECA rated Singapore as the most liveable location in Asia and globally, followed by Sydney and Adelaide in Australia.
Factors for the assessment include climate, availability of health services, housing and utilities, political tensions and air quality.
Along with Beijing, Delhi has the worst score for air quality not just in Asia but globally, it said.
Singapore is the most livable location in Asia and the world, followed by Sydney and Adelaide in Australia. “Good air quality, solid infrastructure, decent medical facilities, low crime and health risks have contributed to Singapore maintaining its position at the top of the global ranking for quality of living for Asian assignees,” said Lee Quane, Regional Director Asia, ECA International.
Updated annually, ECA’s Location Ratings system objectively evaluates a host of factors to form an assessment of the overall quality of living in over 450 locations worldwide. Factors for the assessment include climate, availability of health services, housing and utilities, isolation, access to a social network and leisure facilities, infrastructure, personal safety, political tensions and air quality.
