Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made 48 Foreign tours since 2014. According to the government of India, all these foreign trips of Modi cost over Rs 2,021 crore. The amount was spent on chartered flights, maintenance of aircraft and hotline facilities.
Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh also listed the countries PM Modi had visited and also the top 10 countries from where India has received the maximum Foreign Direct Investment inflows. In 2017, it reached $ 43478.27 M compared to $ 30,930.5 M in 2014.
He also gave the data for the expenditure for the same of former PM Dr. Manmohan Singh which was around Rs 1,346 crore from 2009 till 2014.
Expenditure breakup:
Maintenance of the PM’s aircraft: Rs 1,583.18 Cr
Chartered flights: Rs 429.25 Cr
Hotline expenditure: Rs 9.11 Cr
PM Modi visited over 55 countries in 48 foreign trips since becoming the Prime Minister of India in May 2014. He had multiple visits to some countries.
However, the details exclude the expenditure on hotline facilities during Modi’s foreign visits in the year 2017-18 and 2018-19.
