Urban Development Ministry has launched a City Liveability Index to measure the quality of life in 116 major cities including smart cities, capital cities and cities with a population of above 10 lakh. <br/><br/>It will enable cities to know where they stand in terms of quality of life and the interventions required for improvement. Launching the initiative at a National Workshop on Urban Transformation in New Delhi, Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said cities are now moving on a well planned infrastructure development under new urban missions. <br/><br/>He said, under it,cities will be assessed on a comprehensive set of 79 parameters to capture the extent and quality of infrastructure including availability of roads, education and health care, employment opportunities, emergency response and pollution.He said, after selecting the agency for undertaking this assessment next month, data collection will be completed in six months. The Ministry also disbursed 500 crore rupees as incentive to 16 States that performed well in implementing urban reforms during 2016-17. They include Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Jharkhand. <br/><br/>Urban Development Secretary, Rajiv Gauba,said reform incentive fund for the next three financial years will be increased from 900 crore rupees to10 thousand crore rupees.