This is a two-pronged study incorporating the results from secondary as well as primary data.

Primary data was collected by way of an online survey. The secondary component was primarily used to create indices. 

 

 

This is done in the following manner:

Overall, about 40 measures are

collected to generate a precise

quantification of conditions across

each city. Cities are then ranked

across these different measures. The

availability of data depends on

whether the same set of data is available

for all cities as well as the

frequency of updating datasets.

Generally, most of this data is relevant

for 2009.

In order to ensure comparability

across cities irrespective of size or

population of a city, the data is

normalised with the appropriate

variable (in some cases it may be

area, in others population). The normalisation

variable differs across different

data. Rating for each of the

categories mentioned above is

derived from an equal weighting formula.

A ranking exercise is then conducted

based on the ratings calculated

above.

In addition, an online survey is

conducted in top 30 cities. The parameters

are captured in the survey to

calculate the people’s perceptions

about their living conditions, earning

and business opportunities in their

respective cities.

LIST OF PARAMETERS CONSIDERED FOR INDICES

LIFE

AT WORK

Employment Growth:

? No. of job ads with minimum

0-1 year experience (per capita)

? Employment growth rate

? Worker per enterprise

Small Business Growth:

? Total scheduled commercial

banks credit (utilised by

different sectors) growth rate

? No. of SSIs (small scale

industries) availing credit

(growth)

Per Capita Income:

? Annual per capita income of

urban households

Financial Infrastructure:

? Number of ATMs (per capita)

? Proportion of organised

enterprises in total enterprises

Business Environment:

? Incidence of counterfeiting

and cheating

? General attitude of people

in the city

? Traffic during work hours

? Availability of career

opportunities matching

individuals’ skills set

? Opportunities in building a

business/ professional career

LIFE

AFTER WORK

Entertainment:

? Per capita availability of

restaurants & hotels

? Per capita availability of malls

? Tourist places to visit

? Adequacy of malls, movies

halls and other places of

entertainment

? Adequacy of parks

Housing:

? Population density per sq. km.

? Percentage of owned

households

? Consumer Price Index for

housing*

? Growth in Consumer Price

Index for housing*

? House rentals*

Education:

? Percent total literate

Population (Age 7+)

? No. of AICTE-approved

seats in M.B.A, Engineering,

Medical etc. (per capita)

? Number of UGC-approved

universities (per capita)

? Number of college

courses (per capita)

? Quality of schools

Safety:

? Total IPC crime (per capita)

? Percentage of theft in

total crime

? Percentage of murder

in total crime

? Percentage of crime against

women in total crime

? Percentage of riots

in total crime

? General safety of women

? General responsiveness

of the police

Standard of Living:

? Percentage of urban

households with annual

income greater than Rs 10 lakh

? Percentage of urban

households with annual income

between Rs 3-10 lakh

Environment*

? RSPM levels in residential areas

? NO2 levels in residential areas

? Variation in temperature

? Pollution levels

Health:

? Percentage of children age

12-35 months who received

full immunization

? Number of hospitals offering

cashless services

? Percentage of mothers who

had at least 3 ante-natal care

visits during the last pregnancy

? Percentage of mothers who

got at least one TT injection

when they were pregnant

? Contraceptive prevalance rate

? No. of registered hospitals

(per capita)

? Adequacy of good quality

hospitals

Public Facilities:

? Percentage of households

using piped drinking water

? Percentage of households

electrified

? Percentage of households

having access to toilet facility

? Average duration of power

cuts in a day

? Average frequency of

water supply in a day

? General maintenance of the

city (roads, cleanliness, etc.)

? Delay in construction projects

? Availability of parking spaces

? Adequacy of public transport

? Adequacy of hospitals

? Till what time are groceries

available

The Indicus team: 

Peeyush Bajpai, Devika S. Tewari

and Komal Tannan

SAFETY OF WOMEN

Patna, surprisingly, is ranked at

#4 for having amongst the lowest

crimes against women but then

again, in terms of general safety

of women, it is ranked at

#22 implying that most crimes

aren’t reported in the city

00 BUSINESS TODAY, June 28, 2009

CITIES

IN NUMBERS

A selection of indicators and survey results showing the

best and the worst of Life at Work and Life after Work.

EDUCATION

The highest number of seats for

MBA and Engineering per capita

are in Noida, but it also has one

of the worst literacy rates.

Respondents ranked Vadodara

highest in the quality of schools,

while Delhi’s schools fare poorly

CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE

Use of contraceptives is vital for a city's well-being, considering India

has one of the fastest growing HIV infection rates globally. 78% of

Visakhapatnam residents used contraceptives, the highest in India,

while only 43% of Guwahati's residents used them. Mumbai (59%),

Kolkata (69%) and Delhi (65%) weren’t too impressive

PER CAPITA INCOME

Chandigarh’s citizens

are wealthiest in India

with a per capita income

of Rs 1,41,863 for

urban households.

Mumbai residents are

next at Rs 1,25,749 p.a.

Ahmedabad and Surat

both have higher per

capita incomes than

Delhi, Kolkata and

Hyderabad.

Among the bigger cities,

Hyderabad ranks the

lowest on per capita

income, at #15

EMPLOYMENT

GROWTH

belongs to Noida, the

leader in the pack.

Gurgaon follows at 11%

14%

in job advertisements, Mumbai

fares poorly (# 23) in

employment growth

#5

59%

Residents’ rating of their city Municipal Corporation in terms

of maintenance of roads, water logging, cleanliness, etc

Much Better than

Other Cities

Chandigarh 36% Somewhat Worse

than Other Cities

Bangalore

The boom in Bangalore, Chennai

and Hyderabad has meant that

few can afford to buy a house

amidst soaring real estate prices.

The three cities were at the

bottom of the heap for cities with

the most owned houses. Jaipur,

Howrah and Noida topped the

category of cities with most owned houses. Gurgaon,

Noida and Mumbai had the least affordable rentals

PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC

45% of Chandigarh’s residents

thought that traffic in their city

was much better than others.

30% in Ludhiana thought that

theirs was much worse

Not a day goes by without

a power cut inNoida and

Ghaziabad, say residents.

It’s not much better

elsewhere in the NCR

Residents’ perception of adequacy of public

transport vis-à-vis other cities

TRAFFIC

Respondents in these cities

said traffic was much worse

than in others

Bangalore 34%

Kanpur 33%

Kochi 31%

Ludhiana 30%

Mumbai 29%

Delhi 26%

Hyderabad 25%

Thane 25%

Pune 24% POWER CUTS

Residents who reported

no daily power cuts

Ahmedabad 73%

Surat 69%

Mumbai 62%

Vadodara 49%

Chandigarh 36%

Jaipur 30%

91%

In India, water is often a privilege, rather than a

necessity. Barely half (51%) of the respondents in

Bangalore and 60% in Hyderabad say that they

get municipal water supply at least once a day,

compared to 81% in Chennai and 96% in Mumbai.

Can these silicon cities be truly world class?

Reported

frequency of

water supply at

least once a day Delhi

in Gurgaon

18%

Coimbatore

39% in Mumbai

Much Worse say Much Better say 47%

58% in Kanpur say

pollution levels in their city

are extremely high. 43%

in Ludhiana also say that

their air is toxic

Per capita

availability of malls

Nashik, Nagpur and Ahmedabad

have higher per capita

availability of malls than either

Mumbai, Delhi or Bangalore

Per capita availability

of restaurants

Gurgaon and Noida have the

highest per capita availability of

restaurants, beating Kolkata,

Delhi and Chennai which are

next in the category

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