AMELIORATING FACETS OF INDIAN CITIES

Saket Suman

THE ISSUE

Despite all the infrastructural and economic strength, cities are lagging behind in getting proper development

Bureaucratic hindrances Improper utilization of allotted funds Lack of required research in some significant

areas Migration of skilled labors to the metro cities

JAIPUR

The pink city has evolved as a business centre for giants of different industries viz. handicrafts, IT, hospitality, BPO, etc.

Tourism – the main source of income for the city

Focus is being given on development of SMEs About 50 large industrial enterprises and

20,000 small-scale units are operating in the city

19 industrial parks have been developed to cater to the growth

Low corruption level

SURAT

Earlier, it was the primary port in western India

Was called as a textile and diamonds town Coming out of the past image, the city has

shown a remarkable shift Business destination of various retail giants

like Future Group About 60% of the households are nuclear

families Ample availability of civic amenities

INDORE

An area in Indore is termed to be “Detroit of India” for being a home of several auto majors like Hindustan Motors, Eicher and Bajaj Auto

Emerging as a regional hub for IT and Ites firms

Great scope for growth in retail and real estate business

Funds being released by the government to develop IT-Special Economic Zone

MYSORE

Very close to become the “Software Services Capital” of the world

Big names like Infosys, Wipro, L&T Infotech Hinduja TMT have their campuses in the city

Thousands of technical and medical graduates pass out every year from the city universities to meet the labor requirement

Ratio of workers is higher in the city (0.57) than Bangalore (0.43)

Rank City Overall Competitive Score

1 Mumbai 78.50

2 Delhi 76.61

3 Bengaluru 68.37

4 Chennai 64.85

5 Kolkata 61.56

6 Hyderabad 61.09

7 Ahmedabad 60.02

8 Pune 58.73

9 Jaipur 54.16

10 Surat 53.99

17 Indore 52.46

29 Mysore 50.74

COMPARISON

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160137

72

118

18

No. of Registered Companies

Jaipur Surat Indore Mysore

FAMILIES HAVING COMPUTERS (%)

Families having computers

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

10

7.3

15.3

9.9

JaipurSuratIndoreMysore

NO. OF DAYS NEEDED TO START A BUSINESS

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29.5

30

30.5

31

31.5

32

32.5

31

30

32

30

Jaipur Surat Indore Mysore

CONCLUSION

Figures look good, but the lagging factor lies within the administration itself

Factors like traffic and ineffective public transport system categorizes Jaipur to be way below global standards

Surat is fighting with very high levels of pollution

Mysore failed to hold manufacturing industries

To sum up, an effective assessment is required to cope up with the multi-dimensional advancements of tier-II cities

THANK YOU!!!