.NEARLY ONE BILLION individuals are actually casting their votes in India's overall election. It is actually the largest democratic exercise in past-- and also could possibly also be the best pricey. Spending is actually assumed to reach out to 1.35 trn rupees ($ 16bn), according to the Facility for Media Research Studies (CMS), an Indian charitable. That would certainly be actually more than double the quantity devoted in the previous election in 2019 as well as even go beyond the cash splashed in The United States's presidential election in 2020. Why do Indian political gatherings spend such vast sums?