A record quantity of bribes, including cash, booze, drugs and precious metals, has been seized by Indian election authorities in the run-up to mammoth nationwide polls that begin on Friday.. The ...

Indian authorities have seized over $1 billion in cash, drugs, and goods in the country's elections. The amount has surpassed the total seized during the whole of the last general election in 2019.

Cash transfers are not limited to women. Farmers are another favoured group. Telangana, a southern state, began doling out stipends to farmers in 2018, worth 4,000 rupees an acre per season.