.NEARLY ONE BILLION people are actually directing their enact India's general vote-casting. It is the biggest democratic exercise in past history-- as well as could also be the absolute most pricey. Costs is expected to get to 1.35 trn rupees ($ 16bn), according to the Centre for Media Researches (CMS), an Indian non-profit. That will be actually much more than double the quantity devoted in the previous political election in 2019 as well as also exceed the cash money sprayed in United States's presidential political election in 2020. Why do Indian political parties spend such vast amounts?