.NEARLY ONE BILLION individuals are actually directing their enact India's general political election. It is actually the greatest democratic exercise in background-- and also might also be actually the most costly. Costs is assumed to reach out to 1.35 trn rupees ($ 16bn), depending on to the Center for Media Research Studies (CMS), an Indian charitable. That would be actually much more than double the quantity devoted in the previous political election in 2019 and also even surpass the cash sprinkled in The United States's governmental political election in 2020. Why do Indian political celebrations invest such large totals?