.NEARLY ONE BILLION people are casting their enact India's general election. It is actually the largest autonomous workout in background-- and also could possibly additionally be the most pricey. Costs is actually assumed to reach out to 1.35 trn rupees ($ 16bn), depending on to the Centre for Media Research Studies (CMS), an Indian charitable. That would certainly be actually much more than double the amount invested in the previous vote-casting in 2019 as well as even exceed the cash money splashed in The United States's presidential vote-casting in 2020. Why do Indian political parties invest such large totals?