Lok Sabha Question No. 2493 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-13
Subject: Expenditure on the Prime Minister's Foreign Trip
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Smt. June Maliah

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2493

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13/02/2026

EXPENDITURE ON THE PRIME MINISTER'S FOREIGN TRIP

2493. SMT. JUNE MALIAH

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:-

- (a) The total amount (in Rs.) spent on the Prime Minister's foreign trips since 2014, country; and year-wise; and
- (b) The number and designations of the officials/staff accompanying the Prime Minister on his foreign trips since 2014, country and yearwise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SHRI PABITRA MARGHERITA)

(a) During   Prime   Minister's   visits   abroad,   the   Prime   Minister   is treated   as   a   guest   of   the   receiving   country   and   commensurate hospitality   is   provided   by   the   host   government.   The   country-wise expenditure on foreign visits, including the expenditure on official, accompanying, security, and media delegations since 2014, country and year-wise, is placed at Annexure-1. For reference purpose, expenditure on Prime Minister's foreign visits   earlier   were   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. (b) Prime   Minister's   delegation   on   foreign   visits   consists   of representatives from the Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of External

Affairs,   other   Ministries,   security   agencies,   media   agencies   and interpreters. The size of the delegation between May 2014-present has ranged between   27-72   depending   on   functional   requirements,   with   the exception of a 5-country visit in 2025 where the delegation size was 95. For reference, the total size of the Prime Minister's delegation for

visits   conducted in 2013 was as follows: 106 (Russia and China October 2013); 105 (Brunei Darussalam and Indonesia - October 2013); 99 (US-September 2013); 100 (Russia - September 2013); 107(Japan and Thailand - May 2013); 110 (Germany - April 2013); 105 (South Africa - March 2013).

## Expenditure regarding foreign visits of the Prime Minister (2014-25)

## 2025

|   S. No | Country                                                           | Total Expenditure (in INR)                                                                                                                           |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | France and United States of America (February 10-13)              | Rs. 25,59,82,902/- (France) Rs. 16,54,84,302/- (USA)                                                                                                 |
|       2 | Mauritius (March 11-12)                                           | Rs. 3,06,31,866/-                                                                                                                                    |
|       3 | Thailand and Sri Lanka (April 03 - 06)                            | Rs. 4,92,81,208/-(Thailand) Rs. 4,46,21,690/-(Sri Lanka)                                                                                             |
|       4 | Saudi Arabia (April 22-23)                                        | Rs. 15,54,03,792.47/-                                                                                                                                |
|       5 | Cyprus, Canada and Croatia (June 15-19)                           | Rs. 7,18,24,847/-(Cyprus) Rs. 5,31,02,671/-(Canada) Rs. 4,64,60,485/-(Croatia)                                                                       |
|       6 | Ghana, Trinidad & Tobago, Argentina, Brazil, Namibia (July 02-09) | Rs. 4,69,04,976/-(Ghana) Rs. 4,80,00,229.70/-(Trinidad & Tobago) Rs. 6,64,64,031/-(Argentina) Rs. 17,72,22,144/-(Brazil) Rs. 4,20,47,925/- (Namibia) |
|       7 | United Kingdom and Maldives from                                  | Rs. 9,91,55,061.39/-(UK) Rs. 8,63,05,336/-(Maldives)                                                                                                 |

|    | (July 23-26, 2025)                               |                                                                      |
|----|--------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  8 | China and Japan (August 29 - September 01, 2025) | Rs. 10,59,90,561/-(China) Rs. 8,55,41,926/-(Japan)                   |
|  9 | Bhutan (November 11-12, 2025)                    | Rs. 4,44,94827/-                                                     |
| 10 | South Africa (November 21-23, 2025)              | Rs. 7,70,19,477/-                                                    |
| 11 | Jordan, Oman and Ethiopia (December 15-18, 2025) | Bills are pending for settlement, as the visit is recently concluded |

## 2024

|   1. | UAE and Qatar (February 13-15)   | Rs. 5,31,95,485/-(UAE) Rs. 3,14,30,607/-(Qatar)       |
|------|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|    2 | Bhutan (March 22-23)             | Rs. 4,50,27,271/-                                     |
|    3 | Italy (June 13-14)               | Rs. 14,36,55,289/-                                    |
|    4 | Russia & Austria (July 08-10)    | Rs. 4,35,35,765/-(Austria) Rs. 5,34,71,726/-(Russia)  |
|    5 | Poland & Ukraine (August 21-23)  | Rs. 10,10,18,686/-(Poland) Rs. 2,52,01,169/-(Ukraine) |
|    6 | Brunei Darussalam & Singapore    | Rs. 5,02,47,410/-(Brunei Darussalam)                  |

|    | (September 03-05)                         | Rs. 7,75,21,329/-(Singapore)                                                   |
|----|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  7 | USA (September 21-23)                     | Rs. 15,33,76,348/-                                                             |
|  8 | Lao PDR (October 10-11)                   | Rs. 3,00,73,096/-                                                              |
|  9 | Russia (October 22-23)                    | Rs. 10,74,99,171/-                                                             |
| 10 | Nigeria, Brazil & Guyana (November 16-21) | Rs. 4,46,09,640/-(Nigeria) Rs. 5,51,86,592/-(Brazil) Rs. 5,45,91,495/-(Guyana) |
| 11 | Kuwait (December 21-22)                   | Rs. 2,54,59,263/-                                                              |

## 2023

|   1. | Japan, Australia and Papua New Guinea (May 19-25)   | Rs. 17,19,33,356/-(Japan) Rs. 6,06,92,057/-(Australia) Rs. 8,58,04,677/-(Papua New Guinea)   |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    2 | USA and Egypt (June 19-25)                          | Rs. 22,89,68,509/-(USA) Rs. 2,69,04,059/-(Egypt)                                             |
|    3 | France and UAE (July 13-15)                         | Rs. 13,74,81,530/-(France) Rs. 1,45,06,965/-(UAE)                                            |
|    4 | South Africa and Greece                             | Rs. 6,11,37,355/-(South Africa)                                                              |

|    | (August 22-25)                  | Rs. 6,97,75,753/-(Greece)   |
|----|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|  5 | Indonesia (September 06-07)     | Rs. 3,62,21,843/-           |
|  6 | UAE (November 30 - December 01) | Rs. 4,28,88,197/-           |

## 2022

|   1. | Germany, Denmark and France (02-04 May)   | Rs. 9,44,41,562/-(Germany) Rs. 5,47,46,921/-(Denmark) Rs. 1,95,03,918/-(France)   |
|------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    2 | Nepal (16 May)                            | Rs. 80,01,483/-                                                                   |
|    3 | Japan (22-25 May)                         | Rs. 8,68,99,372/-                                                                 |
|    4 | Germany & UAE (26-28 June)                | Rs. 1,64,92,605/-(UAE) Rs. 14,47,24,416/-(Germany)                                |
|    5 | Uzbekistan (15-16 September)              | Rs. 1,57,26,709/-                                                                 |
|    6 | Japan (26-28 September)                   | Rs. 7,08,03,411/-                                                                 |
|    7 | Indonesia (14-16 November)                | Rs. 4,69,52,964/-                                                                 |

## 2021

|   1. | Bangladesh (26-27 March)                | Rs. 1,00,71,288/-                              |
|------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|    2 | USA (September 22-26)                   | Rs. 19,63,27,806/-                             |
|    3 | Italy and UK (October 29 - November 02) | Rs. 6,90,49,376/-(Italy) Rs. 8,57,41,408/-(UK) |

2020

NIL

2019

|   1. | Republic of Korea         | February 21-22, 2019   | Rs. 2,50,79,501/-                                                              |
|------|---------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    2 | Maldives and Sri Lanka    | June 08-09, 2019       | Rs. 1,88,87,971.44/-(Maldives) Rs. 92,72,386/- (Sri Lanka)                     |
|    3 | Bishkek (Kyrgyz Republic) | June 13-14, 2019       | Rs. 1,28,69,884/-                                                              |
|    4 | Osaka (Japan)             | June 27-29, 2019       | Rs. 6,10,44,493/-                                                              |
|    5 | Bhutan                    | August 17-18, 2019     | Rs. 1,40,12,333/-                                                              |
|    6 | France, Bahrain and UAE   | August 22-27, 2019     | Rs. 13,44,05,886/- (France) Rs. 43, 75,245/- (Bahrain) Rs. 1,61,47,102/- (UAE) |

|   7. | Vladivostok, Russia   | September 04-05, 2019   | Rs. 1,09,36,270/-   |
|------|-----------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
|    8 | USA                   | September 21-28, 2019   | Rs. 37,70,74,792/-  |
|    9 | Saudi Arabia          | October 28-29, 2019     | Rs. 81,58,910/-     |
|   10 | Thailand              | November 02-04, 2019    | Rs. 2,26,90,254/-   |
|   11 | Brazil                | November 12-15, 2019    | Rs. 27,34,010/-     |

2018

|   1. | Davos, Switzerland                | January 22-23, 2018   | Rs. 7,14,88,462/-                                                                      |
|------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    2 | Palestine, UAE and Oman           | February 09-12, 2018  | Rs. 1,66,16,321/- (Palestine) Rs. 1,79,35,942/- (UAE) Rs. 62,69,368/- (Oman)           |
|    3 | Sweden, UK and Germany            | April 16-20, 2018     | Rs. 4,16,08,320/- (Sweden) Rs. 4,92,87,335/- (UK) Rs. 80,35,875/- (Germany)            |
|    4 | China                             | April 26-28, 2018     | Rs. 2,22,33,402/-                                                                      |
|    5 | Nepal                             | May 11-12, 2018       | Rs. 1,46,21,600/-                                                                      |
|    6 | Sochi, Russia                     | May 21-22, 2018       | Rs. 1,12,99,623/-                                                                      |
|    7 | Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore | May 29 - 2 June, 2018 | Rs. 2,83,61,067/- (Indonesia) Rs. 34,22,870/- (Malaysia) Rs. 2,71,29,607/- (Singapore) |
|    8 | Qingdao, China                    | June 9-10, 2018       | Rs. 3,96,81,253/-                                                                      |
|    9 | Rwanda, Uganda and South Africa   | July 23-28, 2018      | Rs. 84,25,854/- (Rwanda) Rs. 1,49,78,456/- (Uganda)                                    |

|    |           |                      | Rs. 2,40,34,812/- (South Africa)   |
|----|-----------|----------------------|------------------------------------|
| 10 | Nepal     | August 30-31, 2018   | Rs. 1,40,03,113/-                  |
| 11 | Japan     | October 27-30, 2018  | Rs. 4,16,88,692/-                  |
| 12 | Singapore | November 13-15, 2018 | Rs. 2,71,80,213/-                  |
| 13 | Maldives  | November 17, 2018    | Rs. 67,53,965.49/-                 |
| 14 | Argentina | November 28 - 3      | Rs. 1,95,87,657/-                  |

2017

|   1. | Sri Lanka                      | May 11-12, 2017        | Rs. 1,88,06,098/-                                                                                        |
|------|--------------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    2 | Germany, Spain, Russia, France | May 29 - June 03, 2017 | Rs. 4,34,18,565/-(Germany) Rs. 1,95,51,550/-(Spain) Rs. 15,37,42,735/-(Russia) Rs. 2,00,97,549/-(France) |
|    3 | Kazakhstan                     | June 8-9, 2017         | Rs. 1,86,41,005/-                                                                                        |
|    4 | Portugal, USA & Netherlands    | June 24-27, 2017       | Rs. 10,05,72,274/-(USA) Rs. 1,72,08,307/-(Portugal) Rs. 1,22,26,054/-(Netherlands)                       |
|    5 | Israel and Germany             | July 4-8, 2017         | Rs. 38,44,40,07/-(Israel)                                                                                |

|    |                 |                      | Rs. 10,35,16,463/-(Germany)                         |
|----|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|  6 | China & Myanmar | September 3-7, 2017  | Rs. 2,07,22,358/-(China) Rs 1,70,57,323/- (Myanmar) |
|  7 | Philippines     | November 12-14, 2017 | Rs. 10,11,68,000/-                                  |

## 2016

|   1. | Belgium, USA and Saudi Arabia                | March 30 - April 03, 2016   | Rs. 2,03,75,297/-(Belgium) Rs. 1,05,61,337/-(Saudi Arabia) Rs. 5,62,53,213/-(USA)                                                     |
|------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    2 | Iran                                         | May 22-23, 2016             | Rs. 1,43,89,588/-                                                                                                                     |
|    3 | Afghanistan, Qatar, Switzerland, USA, Mexico | June 4-9, 2016              | Rs. 1,23,00,000/-(Mexico) Rs. 81,28,387/-(Afghanistan) Rs. 1,11,47,677/-(Qatar) Rs. 1,32,07,275/-(Switzerland) Rs. 3,90,50,902/-(USA) |
|    4 | Uzbekistan                                   | June 23-24, 2016            | Rs. 43,70,640/-                                                                                                                       |
|    5 | Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya    | July 07-11, 2016            | Rs. 1,58,82,497/-(Kenya) Rs. 1,29,32,251/-(Mozambique) Rs. 2,86,58,106/-(South Africa)                                                |

|    |                |                       | Rs. 1,47,79,487/-(Tanzania)                     |
|----|----------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|  6 | Vietnam, China | September 02-05, 2016 | Rs. 84,71,960/-(Vietnam) Rs. 92,73,787/-(China) |
|  7 | Lao PDR        | September 07-08, 2016 | Rs. 1,16,09,341/-                               |
|  8 | Japan          | November 10-12, 2016  | Rs. 4,08,41,908/-                               |

|   2015 | 2015                               | 2015              | 2015                                                                           |
|--------|------------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | Seychelles, Mauritius, Sri         | March 10-14, 2015 | Rs. 1,00,07,441/-(Sri Lanka) Rs. 1,37,92,690/-(Mauritius)                      |
|      2 | Singapore                          | March 28-29, 2015 | Rs. 1,78,23,632/-                                                              |
|      3 | France, Germany, Canada            | April 09-17, 2015 | Rs. 6,38,51,475/-(Canada) Rs. 9,77,94,823/-(France) Rs. 9,65,76,644/-(Germany) |
|      4 | China, Mongolia, Republic of Korea | May 14-19, 2015   | Rs. 2,15,80,168/-(Mongolia) Rs. 3,01,66,945/-(China) Rs. 2,78,15,690/-(Korea)  |
|      5 | Bangladesh                         | June 6-7, 2015    | Rs. 1,40,33,817/-                                                              |
|      6 | Uzbekistan,                        | July 06-14, 2015  | Rs. 76,87,804/-(Uzbekistan)                                                    |

| Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan   | Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan   | Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan   | Rs. 2,35,08,104/-(Tajikistan) Rs. 6,21,32,037/-(Russia) Rs. 1,48,75,272/- (Kazakhstan) Rs. 1,93,47,539/- (Kyrgyz Republic) Rs. 1,25,40,511/- (Turkmenistan)   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 7.                                                              | UAE                                                             | August 16-17, 2015                                              | Rs. 2,92,31,380/-                                                                                                                                             |
| 8.                                                              | Ireland, USA                                                    | September 23-29, 2015                                           | Rs. 16,93,48,893/-(USA)                                                                                                                                       |
| 9.                                                              | UK, Turkey                                                      | November 12-16, 2015                                            | Rs. 1,57,48,319/-(Ireland) Rs. 3,00,01,610/-(UK)                                                                                                              |
| 10.                                                             | Malaysia,                                                       | November 20-24, 2015                                            | Rs. 1,87,17,612/-(Malaysia)                                                                                                                                   |
| Singapore                                                       | Singapore                                                       | Singapore                                                       | Rs. 2,51,21,434/-(Singapore)                                                                                                                                  |
| 11.                                                             | France                                                          | November 29- 30, 2015                                           | Rs. 5,34,08,781/-                                                                                                                                             |
| 12.                                                             | Russia,                                                         | December 23- 25, 2015                                           | Rs. 1,81,89,412/-(Russia)                                                                                                                                     |
| Afghanistan,                                                    | Afghanistan,                                                    | Afghanistan,                                                    | Rs. 22,46,129/-(Afghanistan)                                                                                                                                  |

Pakistan

## 2014

|   1. | Myanmar for BIMSTEC Summit   | March 3-4, 2014                 | Rs. 88,77,634/-                                                                  |
|------|------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    2 | Bhutan                       | June 15-16, 2014                | Rs. 14,50,323/-                                                                  |
|    3 | Brazil for 6th BRICS Summit  | July 13-17, 2014                | Rs. 1,28,60,888/-                                                                |
|    4 | Nepal                        | August 3-5, 2014                | Rs. 1,44,89,841/-                                                                |
|    5 | Japan                        | August 30- September 03, 2014   | Rs. 3,17,41,117/-                                                                |
|    6 | USA                          | September 25 - October 01, 2014 | Rs. 4,33,77,954/-                                                                |
|    7 | Myanmar, Australia & Fiji    | November 11-20, 2014            | Rs. 2,43,39,796/-(Fiji) Rs. 13,00,10,114/-(Australia) Rs 1,25,05,783/- (Myanmar) |
|    8 | Nepal for 18th SAARC Summit  | November 25-27, 2014            | Rs. 1,59,29,758/-                                                                |

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