more-inDelhi slipped two places to rank ninth while Thiruvananthapuram retained its number one position in the annual city governance ranking, according to a survey released on Tuesday. The Annual Survey of India’s City-System (ASICS) was undertaken by not-for-profit institution Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy (JCCD). In the survey, Pune was ranked second, up two ranks from 2015, while Kolkata retained its third slot. The biggest gainer in the 2016 survey was Bhubaneswar, climbing eight places from 2015 to land at the 10th spot. Bengaluru dropped four places to rank 16, while Ludhiana, Jaipur and Chandigarh retained their 19th, 20th and 21st spots.

Source: The Hindu February 28, 2017 20:03 UTC