.NEARLY ONE BILLION folks are actually casting their votes in India's overall vote-casting. It is the greatest democratic exercise in history-- as well as could possibly additionally be actually the most expensive. Spending is actually anticipated to get to 1.35 trn rupees ($ 16bn), according to the Facility for Media Researches (CMS), an Indian non-profit. That would be more than double the volume spent in the previous political election in 2019 and even go over the money sprinkled in America's governmental vote-casting in 2020. Why carry out Indian political events devote such vast sums?