Free Travel, Diplomatic Passport: What Bharat Ratna Awardees Get

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Bharat Ratna recipient receives a Sanad (certificate) signed by the President and a medallion

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Bharat Ratna awardees get lifetime access executive class travel on Air India

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Bharat Ratna recipients are entitled for diplomatic passport, which provides them with benefits of separate immigration counter, access to VIP lounge at airports

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Bharat Ratna awardees are treated as state guests when they travel across Indian states

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Benefits of Bharat Ratna award, however, do not include any monetary gains

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Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award of India and was instituted in 1954

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Bharat Ratna is awarded in recognition of exceptional service/performance of highest order in any field of human endeavour

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Any person without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex is eligible for Bharat Ratna

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Recommendations for Bharat Ratna are made by the Prime Minister himself to the President

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