Maharashtra Cabinet Urges for Bharat Ratna for Ratan Tata

Mumbai: The Maharashtra Cabinet on Thursday passed a resolution requesting the Central Government to confer Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award, to legendary industrialist Ratan Tata, who passed away in Mumbai at the age of 86 on Wednesday.

In 2008, Ratan Tata received Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian honour in India.

Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra Cabinet in a condolence post for Ratan Tata, said the country “lost a great social worker, visionary and patriotic leader”.

“Not only in the industrial sector of India, but also in the work of social development, Ratan Tata’s contribution was phenomenal. He was the son of Maharashtra. India was proud of him,” it said.

“Entrepreneurship is also an effective way of building society. The country can be taken forward only by the establishment of new industries, but for that one needs true patriotism in the heart and equally sincere concern for our society. We have lost a great social worker, visionary and patriotic leader,” the post read.