Modi’s Trips Around the World Cost Indian Taxpayers $280 Million
- India’s government spent $640 million on advertisements
- Modi’s overseas trips cost taxpayers about $280 million
Narendra Modi.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hectic travel schedule and his government’s advertising blitz over the past four-and-a-half years have cost Indian taxpayers about 65.9 billion rupees ($920 million).
The globe-trotting prime minister’s 84 trips around the world cost roughly $280 million, while the government spent $640 million on promoting Modi’s flagship projects and achievements, according to new government data.