PM Modi's foreign travel bill down

Data showed a fall of 37.8% in expenditure during PM's second year in office compared to first

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s international travel expenditure dipped considerably in his second year in office, even as his foreign trips continue to make headlines. 

The latest data available with the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) showed a fall of 37.8 per cent in expenditure related to chartered flights on overseas trips during Modi’s second year in office (June 2015 to May 2016), compared to the first. In the first year, after Modi took charge as PM on May 26, 2014, his overseas travel bill came to Rs 140.14 crore, and then declined to Rs 87.16 crore the following year.   

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