Chandigarh, Dehradun, Pune, Udaipur, Indore, Jabalpur and Ranchi occupy the highest ranking in Tier II cities for post-retirement living for majority of CEOs and other officials with Chandigarh and Dehradun respectively taking a lead followed by Pune, Udaipur, Indore, Jabalpur and Ranchi, according to an analysis carried out by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).

However, Ghaziabad, Meerut, Noida, Faridabad, Sonepat and Manesar fall in the category of poor ranking as not many CEOs and other officials would prefer to stay their following superannuation from active services, adds it?s analysis.

The analysis is carried out measuring parameters such as availability of good civic amenities like power, roads, marketing facilities, health and recreation centres including sewage and water disposal facilities as also environment, ecology and overall prevailing law & order situation in Tier II cities.

The cities taken into account for the matter of analysis consisted of Indore, Jabalpur, Chandigarh, Pune, Udaipur, Aurangabad, Surat, Coimbatore, Madurai, Kochi, Visakhapatnam, Vijaywada, Mysore, Dehradun, Ghaziabad, Meerut, Faridabad, Noida, Sonepat and Lucknow.