Annual Survey of India's City-Systems 2014

The Annual Survey of India’s City-Systems (ASICS) is built upon this framework and takes a systematic data-driven approach towards evaluating our City-Systems. In its second year in 2014, ASICS has expanded its footprint to 21 cities from the original 11 cities last year. Given the response that it received last year in its Inaugural Edition, we believe that ASICS has become the essential benchmark to evaluate leadership and resources across Indian cities. As the union, state and city governments across the country grapple with urban challenges, band-aid solutions will no longer suffice. India’s roadmap of urban reforms is clearly visible by looking at the ASICS scores of India’s top 21 cities, and comparing them to the scores of New York and London. Deep systemic reforms that have a coherent canvas are needed – and the City-Systems framework provides such a canvas.