Rs 180 crore spent on PM's foreign Visits in 2025: Govt
Over Rs 180 crore was spent on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visits to 23 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, China and Japan, in 2025, according to data shared by the government.
The government shared the country-wise and year-wise expenditure figures in a written response to a query in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, August 6. Data for 2026 so far put the figure at nearly Rs 74.58 crore, which includes the prime minister's visit to Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand from July 6 to July 11.
MPs Sanjay Singh and V Sivadasan had asked the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) for country-wise details of the prime minister's foreign visits since 2021, along with the total expenditure incurred on each visit, year-wise and visit-wise.
Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita shared the data in an annexure attached to his written 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," Margherita said.
According to the data, nearly Rs 187 crore was spent on the prime minister's visits to various countries in 2025. Country-wise expenditure for the year included France (Rs 25,59,82,902), the US (Rs 16,54,84,302), Saudi Arabia (Rs 15,54,03,792.47), Brazil (Rs 17,72,22,144), China (Rs 10,59,90,561) and the UK (Rs 9,91,55,061.39), among others.
Other countries Modi visited in 2025 include Mauritius, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Cyprus, Canada, Croatia, Ghana, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Namibia, Maldives, Japan, Bhutan, South Africa, Jordan, Oman and Ethiopia.
In July 2025, the government had shared similar data in a written response to a Rajya Sabha query, showing total expenditure on the prime minister's foreign trips from 2021 to 2024 at nearly Rs 295 crore.
Year-wise cumulative figures for that period stood at about Rs 109 crore in 2024, spanning 16 countries including Russia, Ukraine, the US and Brazil; nearly Rs 93 crore in 2023; Rs 55.82 crore in 2022; and about Rs 36 crore in 2021.
According to the data, in 2021 Modi visited Bangladesh (Rs 1,00,71,288), the US (Rs 19,63,27,806), Italy (Rs 6,90,49,376) and the UK (Rs 8,57,41,408).
The MEA was additionally asked for country-wise details of bilateral agreements and Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) signed during these visits, investment commitments announced, and the actual Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) received by India as a result.
"High level visits by the Prime Minister are established means of fostering closer relations with foreign countries and promoting India's engagements at bilateral, regional and global levels.
These visits, and the understandings and agreements concluded therein facilitate the strengthening of partnerships across a wide range of sectors, including technology, innovation, trade and investment, defence and energy cooperation, and resilient supply chains, among others," Margherita said.
In his 35-page response, Margherita also shared country-wise details of MoUs signed during these visits in a separate annexure, noting that the total FDI received during the April 2021-December 2025 period stood at USD 381.8 billion.
The number of MoUs signed during the prime minister's foreign visits since July 2021 stood at 316, according to the data shared.
(Inputs from PTI)
