The cities were ranked based on a primary survey of 50 cities and secondary data from government records. Nine categories were chosen to rank the cities which were weighed on various parameters. Then 65 measures in each category were aggregated. Giving equal weightage to each category, the categories were aggregated to get the overall index.

Winners and Why they made it:

Overall
Best City:  Chennai
Emerging City Vadodara
Parameters Quality of classrooms, expenditure on education, crime rates, economic growth and investment generation.

Public Services
Best City: Shimla
Emerging City: Vadodara
Parameters: Penetration of LPG usage, frequency of power cuts, sewerage and water supply system

Gujarat bags five awards, Vadodara ranked overall best emerging city, Gandhinagar, Surat and Rajkot also awarded in different categories

Gujarat has been adjudged with five prestigious “India Today- Best City Awards-2013” in different categories at a function held here. While Vadodara bagged the award for overall best emerging city, Gandhinagar and Surat ranked best cities in category of Crime & Safety, Rajkot for Housing & Transport and Vadodara again for Public Services. All the five awards were received by Shri I.P. Gautam, Principal Secretary (Urban Development) of Gujarat Government from Union Minister for Urban Development Shri Kamal Nath here.

The cities were ranked on a primary survey of 50 cities and out of these, 17 cities were shortlisted with five from Gujarat state.

Gujarat has received a number of national and international awards in last decade for Good Governance. Under the leadership of Shri Narendra Modi as Chief Minister, Gujarat has developed one of the best infrastructures in the country and created conducive environment for its people to realize their full potential and excel in their chosen vocation.

Gujarat has invigorated the development of its cities and urban spaces with innovative ideas and their speedy implementation for long term, robust urban growth. In the last decade, the State Government has taken a series of initiatives dedicated to urban areas that have generated wonderful results.

Gujarat’s pioneering initiatives in areas such as water management,  disaster management, health care, education, women  empowerment, rural development, industrial development, investment promotion have been studied far and wide and several of them have been replicated and up-scaled in other states of the country.

Recently, Gujarat was adjudged the best Big State for providing citizen security and one of the top three Best Big States for their overall performance at the IBN7 Diamond States Awards.

Shri Bharat Lal, Resident Commissioner also attended India Today award distribution function.