{"id":39531,"date":"2024-02-10T12:56:36","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T07:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=39531"},"modified":"2025-04-24T16:47:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T11:17:50","slug":"bharat-ratna-upsc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bharat-ratna-upsc\/","title":{"rendered":"Bharat Ratna: India\u2019s Highest Civilian Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What\u2019s in Today\u2019s Article?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Why in the News?<\/li>\n<li>About Bharat Ratna<\/li>\n<li>News Summary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Why in the News?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that former Prime Ministers PV Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh, alongside agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan, will be conferred the Bharat Ratna.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About Bharat Ratna<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Bharat Ratna Award is the highest civilian award in India.<\/li>\n<li>Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conferred in recognition of &#8220;exceptional service\/performance of the highest order&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>It is bestowed upon individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the nation in various fields, such as arts, literature, science, and public service.\n<ul>\n<li>However, the Government, in 2011, expanded the criteria to include &#8220;any field of human endeavour&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The recommendations for the award are made by the Prime Minister to the President.\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/media\/editor_images\/2024\/2\/10\/10\/44\/29\/65c70635cff6d705a4b10241_OI.PNG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The recipients receive a Sanad (certificate) signed by the President and a peepal leaf-shaped medallion with no monetary grant associated with the award.<\/li>\n<li>Bharat Ratna recipients rank seventh in the Indian order of precedence.<\/li>\n<li>There is no formal provision that recipients of the Bharat Ratna should be Indian citizens.<\/li>\n<li>It has been conferred on one naturalized citizen, Mother Teresa, and on two non-Indians: Abdul Ghaffar Khan (born in British India and later a citizen of Pakistan) and Nelson Mandela, a citizen of South Africa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>News Summary<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced names of 3 new recipients of the Bharat Ratna award, praising their contributions to the nation.\n<ul>\n<li>This brings the total number of recipients of Bharat Ratna award to 53.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The 3 new recipients of the awards are:<\/li>\n<li>Late P V Narasimha Rao:\n<ul>\n<li>Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao, popularly known as P. V. Narasimha Rao, was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as the 9th prime minister of India from 1991 to 1996.<\/li>\n<li>He is known for introducing various liberal reforms to India&#8217;s economy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Late Chaudhary Charan Singh:\n<ul>\n<li>Chaudhary Charan Singh was an Indian politician and a freedom fighter.<\/li>\n<li>He served as the 5th prime minister of India and 5th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.<\/li>\n<li>He followed Mahatma Gandhi in non-violent struggle for independence from the British Government, and was imprisoned several times.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Late M. S. Swaminathan:\n<ul>\n<li>Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan was an Indian agronomist, agricultural scientist, plant geneticist, administrator, and humanitarian.<\/li>\n<li>Swaminathan was a global leader of the green revolution.<\/li>\n<li>He has been called the main architect of the green revolution in India for his leadership and role in introducing and further developing high-yielding varieties of wheat and rice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is the purpose of Article 18 of the Constitution?<\/h3>\n<p>Article 18 talks about the abolition of titles. It says: No title, not being a military or academic distinction, shall be conferred by the State. No citizen of India shall accept any title from any foreign State.<\/p>\n<h3>Q2) Who is awarded the Arjuna Awards in India?<\/h3>\n<p>The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards given for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, is the second-highest sporting honour of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/news\/india\/bharat-ratna-2024-indias-top-civilian-award-conferred-on-5-eminent-personalities-check-details-11707493673441.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Bharat Ratna 2024: India&#8217;s top civilian award conferred on 5 eminent personalities<\/u><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/narsimha-rao-chaudhary-charan-singh-ms-swaminathan-bharat-ratna-9152680\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Indian Express<\/u><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bharat Ratna Award is the highest civilian award in India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":39532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-39531","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-mains-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}