evidence: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will add two more countries to the list of 84 nations he has visited over the past four years, when he flies to Africa next week . [...] A reply to a question asked during Rajya Sabha Question Hour revealed that in the past four years, the Prime Minister's foreign visits have cost the exchequer ₹1,484 crore. In contrast, Mr. Modi's predecessor, Manmohan Singh, spent ₹642 crore , less than half this amount in the nine years that he was Prime Minister. [...] A look at the data indicates that Mr. Modi has been on international trips for about 171 days in the last four years (About 12% of the total time as Prime Minister). Mr. Modi has visited China and the U.S. five times (the highest). He flew to the U.S. twice in 2016-17 and has visited China twice this year.