Low ranks in the charts raise a question -- Is India really the most challenging country for expats to live in? Surprisingly, a very contradicting statement was seen in January last year in a report by Economic Times which suggested that India was the work destination choice among many corporate expats. Karl Slym, Head of India Operations at GM said he thanked his good fortune that he was in India during recession, because even when his parent company in the U.S. filed for bankruptcy, the Indian operations survived and did well. "Coming to India was an opportunity to grow the GM brand in a place dominated by local brands and others who were here longer than us, this is clearly the place to be right now; and for the near future as well," he said.

It can be said that every coin has a flip side and the flip side in this case would be that many expats revealed their view, that turns out to be different from the survey findings. As reported by chilli breeze, Pierre Verneulem, a gentleman from the Netherlands who works with LeasePlan, the car leasing firm owned by Volkswagen says “Now we love it! There is nothing you cannot get here. Anyone from anywhere in the world can live here”. He also added “Back home we have to do everything ourselves but here we get so much support. We’ve made some lifelong friends here, we make it a point to attend all the social events in our condominium, and the people are warm and welcoming.” Jim Howland, an American professional who works for an electromagnetic test and measurement solutions company says “India just throbs with life.”