Looks like India must have influenced even those who placed it at 17th rank . What tranperency may we ask . The budget preparation excercise is a huge eyewash . Data collected about revenue receipts and expenses would never tally on the ground . As the figures move higher up the beuraucratic chain the figures are juggled around to seem more presentable and palatable to the FM / PM . As it is more than half the MP's would fail in balancing their household budgets , forget anything about the nation.