The Central Government informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that a little over Rs 239 crore has been spent on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's foreign visits during the last five years. Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said that during these foreign visits, India's perspective was shared with the countries concerned. Apart from this, these visits have shaped the global agenda on issues such as malnutrition, climate change, terrorism, cyber security.
Bilateral relations with partner countries have been strengthened. In his written reply, Muraleedharan gave a detailed account of all his foreign visits since his November 2017 visit to the Philippines. He gave details of the delegation accompanying the PM on 36 foreign visits, while giving details of expenditure incurred on 31 foreign visits. As per the details, in 2019, the maximum amount of Rs 23,27,09,000 was spent on the Prime Minister's visit to the US from September 21 to 28.
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