Ranked at 138 globally, Hyderabad was the top Indian city in the quality of living ranking with Pune pegged at 145 and other cities rank much lower down the order.

Mercer’s Quality of Living Report 2015 highlights that Indian cities haven’t made much progress on the quality of living scale, scoring nearly the same as they did last year.

Over time, Hyderabad has emerged as a city of choice due to factors such as improved options for international schools and a fine choice of reputable English speaking schools. Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, which offers a good range of international flights, has been considered to improve its ranking on account of public services.

Both Hyderabad and Pune cities rank higher for quality of living than the country’s more traditional business centres, Mumbai and New Delhi ranked at 152 and 154 respectively.

“The World Health Organization (WHO) recently published data on pollution around the world suggesting that 13 of the world's 20 most-polluted cities are all in India, this impacts the overall scores of Indian cities,” Ruchika Pal, India Practice Leader, Global Mobility at Mercer.

“While other factors have remained constant, considerable population increases in Mumbai and New Delhi, in the recent decades, have increased existing problems, including access to clean water, air pollution, and traffic congestion.”, she added.

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