The Municipal Performance Index (MPI) was launched as an accompaniment to the Ease of Living Index.
It seeks to examine local government practice in municipalities across areas of services, finance, policy, technology and governance.
It seeks to simplify and evaluate the complexities in local governance practice and promote the ethos of transparency and accountability.
The Ease of Living Index encapsulates the outcome indicators while the Municipal Performance Index captures the enabling input parameters.
MPI 2020 has classified municipalities based on their population - Million+ (municipalities having over a million population) and Less than Million Population.
In the Million+ category, Indore has emerged as the highest ranked municipality, followed by Surat and Bhopal.
In the Less than Million category, New Delhi Municipal Council has emerged as the leader, followed by Tirupati and Gandhinagar.