.NEARLY ONE BILLION folks are actually casting their enact India's standard election. It is the biggest democratic physical exercise in history-- and could additionally be actually one of the most pricey. Spending is assumed to reach 1.35 trn rupees ($ 16bn), depending on to the Center for Media Researches (CMS), an Indian charitable. That would certainly be actually much more than double the amount devoted in the previous political election in 2019 as well as even exceed the cash sprinkled in The United States's governmental political election in 2020. Why do Indian political celebrations spend such vast sums?