.NEARLY ONE BILLION people are actually casting their votes in India's general vote-casting. It is actually the greatest democratic exercise in past history-- and also could possibly additionally be the best costly. Costs is actually expected to get to 1.35 trn rupees ($ 16bn), according to the Centre for Media Researches (CMS), an Indian non-profit. That would be more than double the volume spent in the previous vote-casting in 2019 as well as also exceed the cash splashed in America's governmental political election in 2020. Why perform Indian political events devote such large amounts?