Rs 259 crore spent on Prime Minister Modi’s foreign visits, government presented details in Rajya Sabha

A total of Rs 259 crore has been spent in the last three years on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign visits. The government shared this information in the Rajya Sabha. The details were given in response to a question asked by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge.

38 foreign trips in three years

Minister of State for External Affairs Holy Margharita said that Prime Minister Modi traveled to 8 countries in 2022, 10 in 2023 and 16 countries in 2024. During this time he traveled to 34 different countries, in which some countries were traveled more than once.

Prime Minister’s major foreign visits:

Countries traveled in 2022

• May: Germany, Denmark, France, Nepal, Japan
• June: UAE, Germany
• September: Japan, Uzbekistan
• November: Indonesia

Countries traveled in 2023

• May: Papua New Guinea, Australia, Japan
• June: America, Egypt
• July: France, UAE
• August: South Africa, Greece
• September: Indonesia
• November-December: UAE

Countries traveled in 2024

• February: UAE, Qatar
• March: Bhutan
• June: Italy
• July: Austria, Russia
• August: Poland, Ukraine
• September: Brunei, America, Singapore
• October: Laos, Russia
• November: Nigeria, Brazil, Guyana
• December: Kuwait

Details of expenditure on foreign trips

According to the government, during the Prime Minister’s foreign visits, the expenditure was spent in five major categories – on living, venue charge, security, transportation and other arrangements.

Spending in the year 2022:

• Germany: ₹ 9.44 crore and ₹ 14.47 crore
• Denmark: ₹ 5.47 Crore
• France: ₹ 1.95 crore
• Nepal: ₹ 80 Lakh
• Japan: ₹ 8.68 crore and ₹ 7.08 crore
• UAE: ₹ 1.64 crore
• Uzbekistan: ₹ 1.57 crore
• Indonesia: ₹ 4.69 crore

Spending in the year 2023:

• Papua New Guinea: ₹ 8.58 Crore
• Australia: ₹ 6.06 Crore
• Japan: ₹ 17.19 crore
• America: ₹ 22.89 crore
• Egypt: ₹ 2.69 crore
• France: ₹ 13.74 crore
• UAE: ₹ 1.45 crore
• South Africa: ₹ 6.11 Crore
• Greece: ₹ 6.97 Crore
• Indonesia: ₹ 3.62 crore
• UAE (November-December): ₹ 4.28 Crore

Spending in the year 2024:

• UAE: ₹ 5.31 Crore
• Qatar: ₹ 3.14 Crore
• Bhutan: ₹ 4.50 Crore
• Italy: ₹ 14.36 Crore
• Austria: ₹ 4.35 crore
• Russia: ₹ 5.34 crore and ₹ 10.74 crore
• Poland: ₹ 10.10 Crore
• Ukraine: ₹ 2.52 crore
• Brunei: ₹ 5.02 Crore
• America: ₹ 15.33 crore
• Singapore: ₹ 7.75 Crore
• Laos: ₹ 3.00 Crore
• Nigeria: ₹ 4.46 Crore
• Brazil: ₹ 5.51 Crore
• Guyana: ₹ 5.45 Crore
• Kuwait: ₹ 2.54 crore

Expenditure for former PM Manmohan Singh’s foreign visits

The government also shared the details of foreign trips before 2014. The following was the cost of some major visits of former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh:

• America Travel in 2011: ₹ 10.74 Crore
• Russia Travel in 2013: ₹ 9.95 Crore
• France Travel in 2011: ₹ 8.33 Crore
• Germany Travel in 2013: ₹ 6.02 Crore