.NEARLY ONE BILLION individuals are directing their votes in India's standard election. It is actually the biggest autonomous physical exercise in past-- and also might additionally be actually the absolute most expensive. Costs is expected to connect with 1.35 trn rupees ($ 16bn), according to the Center for Media Researches (CMS), an Indian non-profit. That will be greater than double the quantity devoted in the previous political election in 2019 as well as also go over the cash sprayed in The United States's governmental vote-casting in 2020. Why carry out Indian political celebrations invest such vast totals?