Now Sachin Tendulkar eligible for Bharat Ratna!

  

Now Sachin Tendulkar is eligible for the Bharat Ratna as the government has changed the eligibility criteria for the Bharat Ratna to widen its scope. The country's highest civilian award was initially restricted to fields such as Art, Literature, Science and Public Service.

The Prime Minister's Office has accepted the Ministry of Home Affairs' recommendation of broad basing the Bharat Ratna category. The Home Ministry had spoken to the Prime Minister's Office recommending that sports be made a category for conferring the Bharat Ratna.

The demand for a Bharat Ratna for Sachin is becoming louder and now government sources say that it could be a matter of time before he gets the nation's highest award.

Sachin's name for Bharat Ratna started doing the rounds just before the world cup 2011 but it was felt that it would be too early to give it to him. And also with only arts, literature and public service as criteria, a sportsman would not find place.