.NEARLY ONE BILLION folks are actually casting their votes in India's standard political election. It is actually the most significant democratic physical exercise in history-- and might also be actually the absolute most expensive. Costs is expected to reach 1.35 trn rupees ($ 16bn), according to the Facility for Media Studies (CMS), an Indian non-profit. That will be actually much more than double the quantity devoted in the previous vote-casting in 2019 and also also go beyond the cash money sprinkled in The United States's presidential election in 2020. Why carry out Indian political events spend such huge sums?