New Delhi: Delhi has been ranked number one in the list of business friendly places as per a study conducted by Bibek Debroy and Indicus Analytics for CII (Confederation of Indian Industry), Rajya Sabha was told on May 5.

The report, also available on the website of CII, has attempted to rank 36 cities in the country based on the criteria relating to communication, finance, transport, professional education, tourism (leisure and business), relative growth etc., for which good quality data was made available, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Vidyasagar Rao said in a written reply.

Three to five variables were used for each of the selected criteria, he said, adding on the basis of analysis attempted in the report, Delhi has been ranked number one as the overall index ranking.

PTI