New Delhi: In the latest figures revealed by the Ministry of External Affairs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has received 168 gifts worth Rs 12.57 lakh during his foreign visits between July 2017 and June 2018.
As per the Toshakhana (treasury) data on the ministry’s website, the gifts include a Montblanc wrist watch valued at Rs 1.10 lakh, a silver plaque and set of Montblanc pens worth Rs 2.15 lakh and Rs 1.25 lakh, respectively.
The Prime Minister was also gifted figurines, paintings, books, photographs and a model of the bullet train, it said.
The Toshakhana stores gifts above a certain value.
ALSO READ: India asks Antigua government to arrest Mehul Choksi
During this period, the prime minister visited 20 countries, including Israel, Germany, China, Jordan, Palestine, the UAE, Russia, Oman, Sweden, the UK, Indonesia and Malaysia.
Modi also received crystal and silver bowls, replicas of the Pashupatinath and Muktinath temples of Nepal, shawls, figurines of gods and goddess, tea sets, carpets, cardigans, mufflers and fountain pens, among others, according to the data.
The prime minister also received a replica of a mosque valued at Rs 50,000 and a dagger worth Rs 20,000, it stated.
Gifts valued at over Rs 5,000 received by government officials representing India abroad are deposited in the treasury of the ministry.