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environmental conditions of THE EASE OF LIVING INDEX The key objectives of the Ease of
the cities; Living Index according to the
Context
EoLI 2020 are to:
• Swachch Bharat Mission Towards the tangible reality of
(SBM) to solve the issues of enhancing the livability of 1. Catalyse action to achieve
sanitation and waste Indian cities, in line with the broader developmental
management and ensuring global parameters, the Ease of outcomes including the
hygiene in the country; Living Index (EoLI) was Sustainable Development
Goals;
launched by the Government of
• Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-
India to provide a holistic view 2. Generate information to
National Urban Livelihoods
of Indian cities in terms of guide evidence-based
Mission (DAY-NULM) to
services provided by urban local policymaking;
reduce poverty and
bodies, their outcome, 3. Assess and compare the
vulnerability of the urban
effectiveness and livability
poor households by enabling outcomes achieved from
within cities. This index is an
them to access gainful self- evaluation tool that measures various urban policies and
employment and skilled wage ease of living in Indian cities. It schemes; and
employment opportunities; seeks to examine the impact of 4. Obtain the perception of
various initiatives taken up by citizens about their view on
• The Pradhan Mantri Awas
various governments. the services provided by the
Yojana (PMAY) to achieve
city administration and serve
housing for all by 2022; The EoLI is an initiative started
as a basis for dialogue
by the Government of India in
• Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya between them.
2017. The Ministry of Housing
Yojana (PM-JAY) under Four Pillars
and Urban Affairs (MoHUA)
Ayushman Bharat Scheme to
recently announced Ease of EoLI 2020 assessed the ease of
achieve the vision of Universal
Living Index for the year 2020. living of citizens across three
Health Coverage (UHC) as pillars: Quality of Life, Economic
recommended by the National In parallel, Municipal Ability and Sustainability. The
Health Policy 2017; and Performance Index (MPI) has index is further strengthened by
also been launched by
• Samagra Siksha Abhiyan Government of India so that a fourth pillar i.e. Citizen
(SSA) to provide quality Perception Survey. The Citizen
both indices facilitate city
education and enhance Perception Survey has been
administration to identify the
learning outcomes of added to assess and obtain
gaps in the journey towards the
students; bridging social and views of the citizens regarding
goals and address them with
gender gaps in school the services provided by their
suitable strategies.The EoLI for
education; ensuring equity city administration to citizen.
2020 included 111 cities that
and inclusion at all levels of The four pillars are further
were under 2 subcategories
school education. divided into 14 categories across
namely, million plus population 49 indicators which are broadly
All these key urban missions and below one million in line with the Sustainable
would help in improving the population. Development Goals.
quality of life in the cities.
Objectives The Municipal Performance
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