Prime Minister Narendra Modi's foreign visits to 23 countries in 2025, including the US, the UK, France, China and Japan, cost the exchequer more than Rs 180 crore, according to data shared by the government in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), in a written reply to the Upper House, said expenditure on the prime minister's overseas visits stood at nearly Rs 187 crore in 2025. So far in 2026, the government has spent Rs 74.58 crore on Modi's foreign trips, including his visits to Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand between July 6 and July 11.
