{
  "id": 221123,
  "title": "₹550 Crore spent on PM Modi's foreign trips since 2021; ₹74.5 crore in 2026 so far: Govt in Parliament",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/550-crore-spent-on-pm-modis-foreign-trips-since-2021-74-5-crore-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-06T12:19:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/india/rs-550-crore-spent-on-pm-modis-foreign-trips-since-2021-rs-74-5-crore-in-2026-so-far-govt-in-parliament-sanjay-singh-11786017514484.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Prime Minister Narendra Modi's overseas visits have cost nearly ₹550 crore since 2021, with ₹74.5 crore spent in 2026 so far, according to government data presented in Parliament. In 2025, Modi's travels to 23 countries, including the US, UK, France, China and Japan, incurred over ₹180 crore. So far this year, the expenditure on his foreign visits has reached over ₹74.58 crore. The highest expenditure was recorded during the Norway leg of his five-nation tour in May at ₹17.46 crore. For 2026, most of the expenditure figures are provisional and will be finalized after bill settlements. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) shared country-wise and year-wise data in a written response to the Rajya Sabha, which also included visit details and total expenditure for each trip. In the past, PM Modi's foreign trips included visits to France, the US, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, China, and the UK, with the highest expenditure incurred on visits to France and the US. MoUs signed during these visits covered various sectors like technology, trade, investment, defence, and energy cooperation.",
  "summary": "According to the reply by MEA, expenditure on the Prime Minister's foreign visits was over ₹180 crore in 2025, ₹109 crore in 2024, ₹93 crore in 2023, ₹55 crore in 2022 and ₹36 crore in 2021.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "PM Modi’s foreign trips cost nearly ₹75 crore so far this year: MEA",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/pm-modis-foreign-trips-cost-nearly-75-crore-so-far-this-year-mea",
        "published": "2026-08-06T11:42:42.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}