Sachin=GOD Posted August 13, 2014 Posted August 13, 2014 First-class flights and diplomatic passports: The perks of getting a Bharat Ratna tal Bihari Vajpayee, Subhash Chandra Bose, Dhyan Chand – the names of potential Bharat Ratna recipients for 2014 have sparked a guessing game in the media. The speculation began after the Home Ministry reportedly placed an order for five Bharat Ratna medallions last week. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to announce the names of the winners on Independence Day. As the highest honour a civilian can be granted in India, the Bharat Ratna is awarded sporadically, once every few years, after the prime minister recommends nominees to the president. There have been 43 recipients of the honour since the award was introduced in 1954, of which the most recent were cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and chemist CNR Rao in 2013. India's four main civilian awards in India – the Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and the Padma Shri – come with no monetary benefits. They cannot be used as titles that are prefixed or suffixed to the recipient’s name: a Supreme Court judgement of 1995 specified that these awards are not titles. But the peepal leaf-shaped Bharat Ratna medallion, made of gold, platinum and bronze, is not only the only thing that recipients get. The honour comes with a handful of privileges that awardees can enjoy all their lives. Protocol rank: Bharat Ratna recipients rank seventh in the Indian order of precedence, which is the government of India’s official protocol list. This puts winners on the same level as cabinet ministers or chief ministers. Travel and passport: Winners can avail of free first-class flight tickets on Air India for both domestic and international flights. They get the special, maroon-covered diplomatic passports indicating that they are dignitaries representing India. It also gives them access to separate immigration counters and lounges at airports. VVIP treatment: Both within India and outside, Bharat Ratna winners are considered as VVIP state guests and are accorded preferential treatment by state governments at home and Indian embassies abroad. This would mean having their accommodation looked after by these agencies. The three Padma awards, meanwhile, are handed out in much larger numbers of people. Up to 120 Padmas can be announced every year, and from 1954 to 2014, more than 2,500 Padma Shris were given out. Unsurprisingly, Padma recipients do not enjoy any of the perks that Bharat Ratnas do. http://scroll.in/article/674094/First-class-flights-and-diplomatic-passports:-The-perks-of-getting-a-Bharat-Ratna This is incredible. And quite stupid.
gattaca Posted August 13, 2014 Posted August 13, 2014 Nehru and Indira Gandhi awarded bharat ratna to themselves for people who don't know.
urbestfriend Posted August 14, 2014 Posted August 14, 2014 First-class flights and diplomatic passports: The perks of getting a Bharat Ratna http://scroll.in/article/674094/First-class-flights-and-diplomatic-passports:-The-perks-of-getting-a-Bharat-Ratna This is incredible. And quite stupid. Why stupid :hmmm: ? Bharat Ratna are awarded for exceptional contribution to a particular field, and why do you think they dont deserve such treatment?
zep1706 Posted August 14, 2014 Posted August 14, 2014 Nehru and Indira Gandhi awarded bharat ratna to themselves for people who don't know. It's like that Pakistani dictator Ayub Khan awarding himself the rank of "field marshal".
Sachin=GOD Posted August 14, 2014 Author Posted August 14, 2014 Why stupid :hmmm: ? Bharat Ratna are awarded for exceptional contribution to a particular field' date=' and why do you think they dont deserve such treatment?[/quote'] The award itself is a very, very big privilege - they don't need to give such things with it. Also, they also give out posthumous awards - what to do in that case?
urbestfriend Posted August 14, 2014 Posted August 14, 2014 The award itself is a very' date=' very big privilege - they don't need to give such things with it. Also, they also give out posthumous awards - what to do in that case?[/quote'] Award is recognition but why there is problem if living legends are given all these facilities. Posthumous awards will not get any of these benefits!
Lord Posted August 14, 2014 Posted August 14, 2014 The award itself is a very' date=' very big privilege - they don't need to give such things with it. Also, they also give out posthumous awards - what to do in that case?[/quote'] If cabinet ministers can get it,so can the awardees
Crookbond Posted August 15, 2014 Posted August 15, 2014 Nehru and Indira Gandhi awarded bharat ratna to themselves for people who don't know. The recommendations for Bharat Ratna are made by the PM to the President. So, you can't "award" it yourself AFAIK, you can only "nominate". In any case, I leave you with this information - check if you notice any pattern. 1955 Bharat Ratna - Nehru PM - Nehru President - Rajendra Prasad 1954 Bharat Ratna - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan PM - Nehru President - Rajendra Prasad 1962 Bharat Ratna - Rajendra Prasad PM - Nehru President - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Try doing a similar exercise for Indira Gandhi and Varahagiri Venkata Giri.
Sachin=GOD Posted August 15, 2014 Author Posted August 15, 2014 The recommendations for Bharat Ratna are made by the PM to the President. So' date= you can't "award" it yourself AFAIK, you can only "nominate". In any case, I leave you with this information - check if you notice any pattern. 1955 Bharat Ratna - Nehru PM - Nehru President - Rajendra Prasad 1954 Bharat Ratna - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan PM - Nehru President - Rajendra Prasad 1962 Bharat Ratna - Rajendra Prasad PM - Nehru President - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Try doing a similar exercise for Indira Gandhi and Varahagiri Venkata Giri. Yes, but the President NEVER refuses a name recommended by the PM.
Crookbond Posted August 15, 2014 Posted August 15, 2014 Yes' date=' but the President NEVER refuses a name recommended by the PM.[/quote'] But, he has the right to. The guy making the decision to award is the one to own up to his decision. Anyways, I think I have made my point in the last post. FYI - there is no conclusive proof that Nehru even nominated himself. This whole thing blew up with a response to a RTI query, which wasn't even completely answered. The alternative theory is that Rajendra Prasad himself recommended the Bharat Ratna to Nehru.
Sachin=GOD Posted August 15, 2014 Author Posted August 15, 2014 But, he has the right to. The guy making the decision to award is the one to own up to his decision. Anyways, I think I have made my point in the last post. FYI - there is no conclusive proof that Nehru even nominated himself. This whole thing blew up with a response to a RTI query, which wasn't even completely answered. The alternative theory is that Rajendra Prasad himself recommended the Bharat Ratna to Nehru. I have no issues with Nehru getting the Bharat Ratna - he deserves it. But if he recommended his own name then I do have a problem with that. In fact Nehru also wanted to confer the award on Maulana Azad but he declined saying that it would be inappropriate since he himself was a part of the selection committee.
Crookbond Posted August 15, 2014 Posted August 15, 2014 I have no issues with Nehru getting the Bharat Ratna - he deserves it. But if he recommended his own name then I do have a problem with that. In fact Nehru also wanted to confer the award on Maulana Azad but he declined saying that it would be inappropriate since he himself was a part of the selection committee. I would do find it very odd but I'm not sure if he did. There seem to be two contrasting versions.
Precambrian Posted August 15, 2014 Posted August 15, 2014 Why stupid :hmmm: ? Bharat Ratna are awarded for exceptional contribution to a particular field' date=' and why do you think they dont deserve such treatment?[/quote'] exactly! Why stupid I don't know! out of 130 crore people, how many living guys are bharat ratnas?
Sachin=GOD Posted August 16, 2014 Author Posted August 16, 2014 My view is that awards don't come with perks like these. Bharat Ratna in itself is THE biggest honor the Govt. of India can give to any person.
yoda Posted August 16, 2014 Posted August 16, 2014 Don't mind the perks as long as they make it a super special award given only to those who went above and beyond their normal life to make a difference to the country and to it's people. It is becoming a popularity contest not reflecting the true meaning of the award. When the award is given, people shouldn't be questioning why him/her and not someone else. It should be a near unanimous and obvious pick.
Yoda-esque Posted August 16, 2014 Posted August 16, 2014 Don't mind the perks as long as they make it a super special award given only to those who went above and beyond their normal life to make a difference to the country and to it's people. It is becoming a popularity contest not reflecting the true meaning of the award. When the award is given' date=' people shouldn't be questioning why him/her and not someone else. It should be a near unanimous and obvious pick.[/quote'] :acute: I see what you did there I went and googled all the awardees and a few names stuck out like sore thumbs
Texan Posted August 16, 2014 Posted August 16, 2014 The recommendations for Bharat Ratna are made by the PM to the President. So, you can't "award" it yourself AFAIK, you can only "nominate". In any case, I leave you with this information - check if you notice any pattern. 1955 Bharat Ratna - Nehru PM - Nehru President - Rajendra Prasad 1954 Bharat Ratna - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan PM - Nehru President - Rajendra Prasad 1962 Bharat Ratna - Rajendra Prasad PM - Nehru President - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Try doing a similar exercise for Indira Gandhi and Varahagiri Venkata Giri.
Texan Posted August 16, 2014 Posted August 16, 2014 So, they get access to unlimited free first class flights? :hmmm:
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