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POLICY REVIEW

Ease of Living Framework
Pillar Quality of Life Economic Ability Sustainability Citizen Perception
Survey
Weightage 35% 15% 20% 30%

Categories • Education • Level of • Environment • Citizen
• Health Economic • Green Spaces Perception
• Housing and Development and buildings Survey
Shelter • Economic • Energy
• WASH and SWM Opportunities Consumption
• Mobility • City Resilience
• Safety and
security
• Recreation

Source: Ease of Living Index 2020- a publication by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India

Index (MPI) 2020 INCLUSIVE CITIES AND THE recreation, community
EASE OF LIVING INDEX facilities;
The Municipal Performance
Index (MPI) was launched as an The Government of India, being • Economic Development in
accompaniment of EoLI to commi ed to Agenda 2030 of terms of employment, credit
examine local government SDGs, is adopting and availability; and
practices in municipalities across implementing integrated • Environmental Management
areas under five verticals namely policies and plans towards like green buildings, waste
'inclusive, safe, resilient and and recycling management,
services, finance, policy,
sustainable' cities. Cities with energy efficiency, mitigation
technology, and governance. It
limited resources face great of disaster.
assesses the urban local bodies
challenge to build inclusive and
on their defined set of functions. One of the key objectives of EoLI
resilient cities, adapting
2020 is to provide measures for a
MPI provides an understanding transformation of urban spaces
city's SDG performance.
of functionalities of and tackle issues of climate Important SDGs in the context of
municipalities and capabilities change. In order to make cities EoLI targeting to inclusive cities
and their extent of development inclusive, following aspects have are SDG 2: Zero hunger; SDG 3:
through input parameters while been covered through various Health and well-being; SDG 6:
indicators under 13 categories of
EoLI encapsulates the outcome Clean water and sanitation; SDG
EoLI 2020 against the first three
indicators. Both the indices are 7: Affordable and clean energy;
pillars:
to build transparency and SDG 10: Reducing inequalities;
generate trust among citizens • Social Development in terms and SDG 11: Sustainable cities
of education and health, and communities.
and key stakeholders.
water, sanitation and solid
Application of EoLI to make
waste management, mobility,
Cities Inclusive

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