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Bengaluru ranks high on Ease of Living Index
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But, governance issues exposed by low Municipal Performance Index
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While the criteria in 2018 focused on governance parameters, criteria for 2020 includes several questions on individual choices and priorities by citizens.
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But, governance issues exposed by low Municipal Performance Index
Bengaluru being adjudged the most liveable large city in the Ease of Living Index (EoLI) 2020, a meteoric improvement from 58th position in 2018, was met with puzzlement by many experts and opposition parties, even as the ruling BJP claimed credit.
Several urban experts have questioned the ‘most liveable large city’ tag. “Clearly, such surveys based on non-existent methodologies are driven by deeply political agendas. Anyone living in Bengaluru knows how seriously degraded the city is. With equitable access to basic amenities like water, roads and public transport being i
From Davos to Disha
World Economic Forum in 2018, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi identified three great threats to civilisation: climate change, terrorism and the backlash against globalization. He also added another one, that “educated, well-to-do youth are being radicalized…”
Disha Ravi and her colleagues Nikita Joseph and Shantanu Muluk are climate change activists. They also are “educated”, maybe “well-to-do”, maybe not (but does that matter?). All three, and thousands of
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