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Government Spent ₹557.51 Crore in PM Modi’s 77 Foreign Visits: MEA in Rajya Sabha
The ministry said the total covers delegation accommodation, transport, security and other expenses, with 2025 trips costing Rs 187.8 crore.
- On Thursday, the Ministry of External Affairs informed Parliament that the Union government has spent Rs 557.5 crore on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's foreign trips since 2021.
- Expenditure increased annually from Rs 36.1 crore in 2021 to Rs 187.8 crore in 2025, following a period where Modi undertook fewer trips during the two-year Covid-19 pandemic.
- In 2026, the government spent Rs 74.5 crore across six trips covering 13 countries, while the most expensive visit occurred in February 2025 to the United States, costing over Rs 25.5 crore.
- A March 2025 Rajya Sabha submission detailed that costs include accommodations, transportation, security, hardware, venue charges, and "miscellaneous" expenses, though the government did not define these miscellaneous costs.
- Memoranda of understanding signed between April 2021 and December 2025 secured $381.8 billion—or Rs 36.3 lakh crore—in foreign direct investment, the Ministry reported.
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