Capital of Telangana State, Hyderabad offers the best quality of life in India, according to a latest study by leading consulting firm Mercer.
The fact that the city stood first even in last year’s Mercer’s ranking is a testimony to robustness of Brand Hyderabad.
Vienna has been rated as the city with the best quality of living in the world, for the third consecutive time by Mercer’s Quality of Living rankings 2016
Other top Indian cities to be featured among the top 230 cities across the globe are Pune, Bengaluru and Chennai, ranked 144, 145 and 150, respectively.
The Mercer rankings take into account factors such as political and social environment, health care infrastructure, public services, recreation facilities and natural environment etc.
The factors that help cities to score high in the survey include relatively low crime rate, less air pollution and greater number of international and reputable English-speaking schools, said the report
Mercer’s Quality of Living surveys provide rankings for over 450 cities throughout the world.