.NEARLY ONE BILLION individuals are actually directing their votes in India’s general vote-casting. It is the largest democratic physical exercise in history– and could likewise be actually the most pricey. Investing is actually assumed to reach 1.35 trn rupees ($ 16bn), depending on to the Center for Media Studies (CMS), an Indian non-profit.
That would be actually greater than double the amount devoted in the previous vote-casting in 2019 as well as also exceed the money splashed in United States’s governmental vote-casting in 2020. Why perform Indian political parties invest such substantial sums?