India's Emerging Cities Where You Would Love to Settle Down

4. Chandigarh, Punjab/Haryana:

Chandigarh is a planned city, with a high standard of civic amenities. It is the capital of two state governments, Punjab and Haryana. The city’s infrastructure was originally planned for a population of 5 lakh, but the city has expanded rapidly over the last three decades and faces problems common to other growing cities in India, including the increase of slums and unlawful settlements. However, Chandigarh ranks first in India in the Human Development Index and quality of life. Chandigarh is emerging as a regional hub in the areas of service industry, education, health, information technology, food and vegetable processing etc.

5. Nagpur, Maharashtra:

Nagpur, a city in Maharashtra is well known as ‘The Orange City of India’ due to its huge production of orange. This city has emerged as a hub for education as it is home to various professional colleges offering quality education to the students. Apart from this, the city has several entertainment and shopping hubs to add to the social life of the citizens and also houses various industries that produces large sum of consumer and other goods. Nagpur is easily accessible from different parts of the country through rail, road and air networks. It is the only city other than Delhi to have rail connectivity to all the state capitals of the country. According to Cushman & Wakefield India, real estate in this city has developed considerably in the past couple of years since the cost of real estate is much lower as compared with other Tier-II cities.

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