New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- A total of Rs.557.51 crore has been spent on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visits to 77 countries since 2021, including Rs.74.59 crore on trips to 12 nations this year, according to information provided by the government in Parliament on Thursday.

The highest expenditure during this period was recorded in 2025, when the PM's visits to 23 countries cost Rs.187.83 crore, figures provided by minister of state for external affairs Pabitra Margherita in the Rajya Sabha showed. He was responding to a question from Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh and CPI MP V Sivadasan.

According to details provided by Margherita in a written response, the figures for 2026 did not include expenses incurred on a visit to France in June for...