₹550 Crore spent on PM Modi's foreign trips since 2021; ₹74.5 crore in 2026 so far: Govt in Parliament
Nearly ₹550 crore have been spent on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's overseas visits since 2021, government said in a reply to Parliament. Of this ₹180
Nearly ₹550 crore have been spent on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's overseas visits since 2021, government said in a reply to Parliament. Of this ₹180 crore was incurred on PM Modi's visit to 23 countries including the US, the UK, France, China and Japan in 2025, according to the government data. So far in 2026, the expenditure of PM Modi's foreign visits has reached over ₹74.58 crore, Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita informed the Rajya Sabha. In the written reply, Margherita stated that the highest expenditure among the visits for which figures are available this year was incurred during the Norway leg of the Prime Minister's five-nation tour in May at ₹17.46 crore. View full Image View full Image In his 35-page response, he also shared country-wise details of MoUs signed during these visits in a separate annexure, adding the total FDI received during April 2021-December 2025 period was USD 381.8 billion. According to the reply, expenditure on the Prime Minister's foreign visits was over ₹180 crore in 2025, ₹109 crore in 2024, ₹93 crore in 2023, ₹55 crore in 2022 and ₹36 crore in 2021. The Ministry also noted that several expenditure figures for 2026 are provisional and will be finalised after settlement of bills, while expenditure for the France visit in June is still being compiled. 74 Crore spent in 2026 so far In 2026 so far, nearly ₹74.58 crore have been spent on PM foreign visits, according to the country-wise and year-wise data shared in a written response to a query in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
This includes the visit undertaken to Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand from July 6 to July 11. View full Image View full Image In 2026 so far, nearly ₹ 74.58 crore have been spent on PM foreign visits, according to the country-wise and year-wise data shared in a written response to a query in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. This includes the visit undertaken to Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand from July 6 to July 11. In their query, Rajya Sabha members Sanjay Singh and V Sivadasan asked the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) for country-wise details of the foreign visits undertaken by the prime minister since 2021; and the total expenditure incurred on such visits since 2021, year-wise and visit-wise. Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita shared the data in an annexure attached with his response. "The details of foreign visits undertaken by the Prime Minister since 2021 and total expenditure incurred on each foreign visit, year-wise and visit-wise are placed at Annexure-I. For reference purposes, expenditure on Prime Minister's foreign visits earlier was INR 10,74,27,363 (USA, 2011), INR 9,95,76,890 (Russia, 2013), INR 8,33,49,463 (France, 2011) and INR 6,02,23,484 (Germany, 2013). These figures show actual expenditure without adjusting for inflation or currency fluctuations," he said. According to the data, nearly ₹187 crore was incurred on Prime Minister Modi's visit to various countries in 2025.
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