'Nearly Rs 258 cr incurred on PM's 38 foreign visits during May 2022-Dec 2024'

Nearly Rs 258 crore was incurred on 38 foreign visits of Prime Minister Narendra Modi between May 2022 and December 2024 according to data shared by the governmentOf these visits the costliest one was the visit of the prime minister to the US in June 2023 which incurred over Rs 22 croreMinister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita shared the visitwise data in his written response to a query in Rajya Sabha on ThursdayLeader of Opposition in the Upper House Mallikarjun Kharge asked the government the total expenditure incurred by Indian embassies on arrangements for the prime ministers foreign visits in the past three yearsHe also asked for visitwise details of expenses under major heads such as hotel arrangements community receptions transport arrangements and other miscellaneous expenditures among othersThe data on countrywise expenditure on foreign visits by the Prime Minister including the expenditure on official accompanying security and media delegations in 2022 2023 and 2024 was shared in a tabulated form in his responseAccording to the data an expenditure of Rs 228968509 was incurred on the visit of the prime minister to the US in June 2023 while the expenditure incurred was Rs 153376348 on the September 2024 visit to the same countryThe tabulated data pertained to 38 visits from May 2022 visit to Germany to Kuwait visit in December 2024According to the data related to the PMs Japan visit in May 2023 the expenditure incurred was Rs 171933356 while the same was Rs 8001483 on the Nepal visit in May 2022In 2022 foreign countries visited by the PM also included Denmark France the UAE Uzbekistan and IndonesiaIn 2023 Australia Egypt South Africa and Greece were among other foreign countries visited by the PMIn 2024 the foreign countries visited by the PM also included Poland which incurred Rs 101018686 Ukraine Rs 25201169 Russia Rs 53471726 Italy Rs 143655289 Brazil Rs 55186592 and Guyana Rs 54591495The cumulative total of the expenditure incurred on these 38 foreign visits amounted to nearly Rs 258 croreThe minister in his response also shared some corresponding data for years prior to 2014For reference purpose expenditure on Prime Ministers foreign visits earlier were INR 107427363 USA 2011 INR 99576890 Russia 2013 INR 83349463 France 2011 and INR 60223484 Germany 2013 These figures show actual expenditure without adjusting for inflation or currency fluctuations he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever