Archive · 22 Aug 2026
Himachal Government Reports Rs 21.38 Crore Foreign-Visit Spending
The Himachal Pradesh government said it spent about Rs 21.38 crore on foreign visits.
These trips took place from January 2023 to July 2025.
Ministers, lawmakers, officials, teachers and students took part.
Some trips were paid for by the central government or development organisations.
One large programme sent teachers and students to Singapore and Cambodia.
Other visits studied ropeways, electric buses, farming and city planning.
The government said the trips were meant to learn new ideas and attract investment.
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu gave the information to the state Assembly.
Himachal Pradesh spent Rs 21.38 crore on foreign visits between January 2023 and July 2025.
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu disclosed the spending in a written Assembly reply.
Several visits were fully or partly funded by central agencies, ADB or other programmes.
Education visits for teachers and students accounted for Rs 11.91 crore.
Tours covered investment, ropeways, education, agriculture, transport and urban-development initiatives.
- Who
- Himachal Pradesh ministers, MLAs, government officials, teachers, students and departmental representatives; the spending was disclosed by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.
- What
- The government reported approximately Rs 21.38 crore in foreign-visit expenditure.
- When
- Between January 2023 and July 2025.
- Where
- Visits included Dubai, Austria, Switzerland, Singapore, Cambodia, Australia, the Netherlands, South Korea, Japan and Spain.
- Why
- The trips aimed to attract investment, receive training, study international practices and improve tourism, education, agriculture, transport and urban development.
- Total expenditure
- Rs 21,38,09,284, or approximately Rs 21.38 crore
- Disclosure
- Written reply by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly
- Reporting period
- January 2023 to July 2025
- Largest listed component
- Rs 11.91 crore for foreign educational visits under the Samagra Shiksha STAR Project
- Dubai visit
- Rs 11.73 lakh for Sukhu's December 13-16, 2023 investment-focused tour
- Ropeway delegation
- Rs 37.72 lakh for a visit led by Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri to Austria and Switzerland
- External funding
- Some costs were fully or partly covered by the central government, Asian Development Bank, Korea Rural Community Corporation and other programmes