Bharat Ratna For MS Swaminathan?

"Prof Swaminathan is a national treasure. No other scientist in India has influenced the government, farmers and the civil society as he has. The government will soon make an announcement about honouring him with the Bharat Ratna ," Natarajan said while releasing the 21st annual report of the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, a Chennai-based initiative launched by him to help the country's farming community on sustainable development.

The scientist told 'DNA' he was moved by the words of the minister. "When friends and well wishers speak good things about me, I consider it as if they are speaking about someone else. Hence it will not go to my head," he said. Read the full report here.

Soure: by DNA, MSN News, New Delhi.