The Terengganu and Selangor state governments have tied for first place in the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Ideas) Malaysia Open Budget Index (MyOBI) 2024.

The index, which analyses state budget transparency, scored the two states 76 out of 100 points under the “public availability” category that measures access to key budget documents.

Ideas CEO Tricia Yeoh, in her opening speech to launch the index today, stressed the...