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100 Rupees Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
| Issuer | Government of India Mint |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Weight | 35 g |
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| Obverse script | Devanagari, Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded with 200 Serrations |
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Issued to honor M.S. Swaminathan, the agronomist whose work on high-yielding wheat and rice varieties drove India's Green Revolution in the late 1960s, pulling the country back from the brink of famine at a moment when American economists were openly predicting mass starvation. His breeding programs, developed largely at IARI in New Delhi, allowed India to achieve wheat self-sufficiency by 1974. The .500 fineness here — a quaternary alloy rather than traditional silver — reflects the Security Printing and Minting Corporation's cost management on commemorative issues intended primarily for collector distribution rather than circulation.