“PM Modi has spent less on foreign trips than former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Singh spent ₹1,350 crore on 72 foreign visits over 10 years, whereas Modi spent ₹258 crore on 38 visits over 11 years.”
What FACTLY found
These posts compare the expenditure incurred on foreign visits by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over a nine-year period with that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a two-and-a-half-year period. According to data provided by government of India, nearly ₹259 crore was spent on Narendra Modi’s 38 foreign trips between May 2022 and December 2024 and over ₹2,000 crore was spent on Modi’s 84 foreign trips between 2014 and 2018. According to reports, Manmohan Singh undertook 38 foreign tri...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 23 March 2025. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 26 March 2025, 3 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/kanchan.banerjee.754918/posts/pfbid02jVXmNapWsuM2DnNRziLx8PpBgKE…
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.