Bengaluru is not no. 1 in cheapest cities. Rent and commuting expenses are are very high. Houseowners take 10 months rent as advance and deduct 1 month rent after vacating. There is hardly any metro connectivity and office goers use cars, cabs, auto or volvo buses to commute to office. There is no CNG. Potable water is required to be purchased in tankers in most localities and house owners charge tenants separately for water. Tax is high on alcohol beverages as compared to Delhi. Even 2% professional tax is deducted from employees salary.
I stay in Bangalore, have also stayed in Delhi and Mumbai.....all are very very expensive....in fact Jaipur is equally expensive. Cheaper towns in India .... ya maybe Jabalpur....
One can have lunch worth Rs 30 in Kolkata whereas in Mumbai, Delhi & Bangalore it is a daydream. How can these cities be treated cheapest is beyond my imagination.
Re: World's 10 cheapest cities to live in
by Sibaprasad Dutta on Mar 05, 2015 07:04 PM
Kolkata is by far the cheapest city to live in. But Kolkata in Mamata's rule has been a messy city where air pollution is highest and where at every step you out poses a hurdle. Ranchi is really a good place to live in. Things are cheap, administration is reasonably good and the place has a good climate with forests all around.
Re: Re: World's 10 cheapest cities to live in
by AJIT KUMAR SINGH on Mar 21, 2018 10:36 AM
agree .Kolkata is cheap but not worth living . Ranchi has best of everything but employment is limited. Siliguri is also cheap but employment matters.
Re: Re: World's 10 cheapest cities to live in
by AJIT KUMAR SINGH on Mar 21, 2018 10:36 AM
agree .Kolkata is cheap but not worth living . Ranchi has best of everything but employment is limited. Siliguri is also cheap but employment matters.
Re: World's 10 cheapest cities to live in
by Sibaprasad Dutta on Mar 05, 2015 07:04 PM
Kolkata is by far the cheapest city to live in. But Kolkata in Mamata's rule has been a messy city where air pollution is highest and where at every step you out poses a hurdle. Ranchi is really a good place to live in. Things are cheap, administration is reasonably good and the place has a good climate with forests all around.
Re: World's 10 cheapest cities to live in
by Sibaprasad Dutta on Mar 05, 2015 07:04 PM
Kolkata is by far the cheapest city to live in. But Kolkata in Mamata's rule has been a messy city where air pollution is highest and where at every step you out poses a hurdle. Ranchi is really a good place to live in. Things are cheap, administration is reasonably good and the place has a good climate with forests all around.
Re: World's 10 cheapest cities to live in
by Sibaprasad Dutta on Mar 05, 2015 07:04 PM
Kolkata is by far the cheapest city to live in. But Kolkata in Mamata's rule has been a messy city where air pollution is highest and where at every step you out poses a hurdle. Ranchi is really a good place to live in. Things are cheap, administration is reasonably good and the place has a good climate with forests all around.
Re: Its a stoopid way of evaluating cheap cost
by Aftab on Mar 04, 2015 04:36 PM
something wrong in arriving at the conclusion. My experience says that among Indian cities Kolkata is the cheapest and middle class family lives a happier life than other cities in India.
