Modi Travels

Narendra Modi’s 240 ‘non-official’ trips: Rs 1.4 crore is what BJP paid IAF in 5 years

RTI response reveals BJP paid rates as low as Rs 744 for a trip the prime minister made in January.

Vijayta Lalwani
· Apr 25, 2019 · 09:00 am
Modi keeps combining official travel with BJP events, but who is paying the bills?

Questions sent to the Prime Minister’s Office went unanswered.

Vijayta Lalwani
&
Nithya Subramanian
· Feb 12, 2019 · 09:00 am
Modi’s foreign trips: Four chartered flight bills not settled due to ‘paucity of funds’, says Centre

The bills amounted to Rs 35.94 crore, and included tours to Sweden, UK, Germany, Russia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and China between April and June.

Scroll Staff
· Dec 29, 2018 · 11:07 am

PM Modi’s foreign trips have cost taxpayers over Rs 2,000 crore since 2014

The details were provided by Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

Scroll Staff
· Dec 14, 2018 · 08:35 am
Data check: How often does Narendra Modi travel – and how much of it is on BJP work?

In the 1,524 days he has been in office as prime minister, he has spent a total of 492 days travelling – 101 of these have been on ‘non-official’ work.

Anand Katakam
&
Vijayta Lalwani
· Jul 29, 2018 · 09:00 am
Narendra Modi meets US Defence Secretary James Mattis in Singapore

Singapore named an orchid after the prime minister to commemorate his visit to the National Orchid Garden.

Scroll Staff
· Jun 02, 2018 · 05:55 pm

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Modi Travels

Narendra Modi’s 240 ‘non-official’ trips: Rs 1.4 crore is what BJP paid IAF in 5 years

RTI response reveals BJP paid rates as low as Rs 744 for a trip the prime minister made in January.

Vijayta Lalwani · Apr 25, 2019 · 09:00 am

Modi keeps combining official travel with BJP events, but who is paying the bills?

Questions sent to the Prime Minister’s Office went unanswered.

Vijayta Lalwani & Nithya Subramanian · Feb 12, 2019 · 09:00 am

Modi’s foreign trips: Four chartered flight bills not settled due to ‘paucity of funds’, says Centre

The bills amounted to Rs 35.94 crore, and included tours to Sweden, UK, Germany, Russia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and China between April and June.

Scroll Staff · Dec 29, 2018 · 11:07 am

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PM Modi’s foreign trips have cost taxpayers over Rs 2,000 crore since 2014

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In the 1,524 days he has been in office as prime minister, he has spent a total of 492 days travelling – 101 of these have been on ‘non-official’ work.

Anand Katakam & Vijayta Lalwani · Jul 29, 2018 · 09:00 am

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Scroll Staff · Jun 02, 2018 · 05:55 pm

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‘India stands resolutely with Indonesia in the fight against terror,’ says Narendra Modi in Jakarta

The prime minister is on a five-day tour of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.

Scroll Staff · May 30, 2018 · 12:25 pm

Five reasons why Modi must visit the Kingdom of Tonga

An archipelago near Australia believes that India has failed to see its strategic importance.

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