India, May 15 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday rejected reports claiming that the government is considering imposing a "tax or a surcharge" on foreign travel amid the oil price surge due to the crisis in West Asia.

"This is totally false. Not an iota of truth in this. There is no question of putting such restrictions on foreign travel. We remain committed to improving 'Ease of Doing Business' and 'Ease of Living' for our people," he wrote in a post on X.

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