Question : FOREIGN TOURS BY MINISTERS



(a) the names of Ministers who undertook foreign tours after the present Government came into power till date alongwith the names of the countries visited by them and the number of times those countries were visited;

(b) the number of Government officials who accompanied them;

(c) the expenditure incurred on the visits;

(d) the purpose and outcome of their visits;

(e) whether the tours of some of the Ministers were not approved; and

(f) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor ?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SHRI AJIT KUMAR PANJA)

(a) - (f) The information is being collected and will be placed on the Table of the House.