30 persons bag YSR awards
On the occasion of Andhra Pradesh Formation Day, 20 individuals and organisations received YSR Lifetime Achievement Awards and 10 eminent persons and organisations received the YSR Achievement Awards here on Tuesday.
GMR Group founder Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao (L) receiving the YSR Lifetime Achievement Award in Industry category from Governor Biswa Bhushan Harichandan
Vijayawada: On the occasion of Andhra Pradesh Formation Day, 20 individuals and organisations received YSR Lifetime Achievement Awards and 10 eminent persons and organisations received the YSR Achievement Awards here on Tuesday.
Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said the recipients of the awards are common people who have made uncommon contributions for the growth and betterment of society with their humanistic approach. He spoke after distributing the YSR awards for the second year in a row here along with Governor Biswa Bhushan Harichandan.
Among others, Vijayamma, the wife of late Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy, was also present. The awards were given on the occasion of AP Formation Day after garlanding the statues of freedom fighter Potti Sriramulu and Dr YSR.
While the lifetime achievement award carried Rs 10 lakh, a bronze figurine of YSR, a citation and memento, the achievement award winners were given cash prize of Rs 5 lakh along with memento and a commendation letter.
The awards were presented to individuals and various organisations for the significant contribution in their respective fields. Congratulating the recipients, the Chief Minister said the awards are being presented to eminent organisations and individuals who worked and are still working selflessly for the upliftment of society in various spheres. Jagan said the awards are in recognition of the services of famers who are sweating their blood, ambassadors of the Telugu culture who have been working for decades for strengthening it, police warriors who are working for the safety of women, for the social activists and media personalities who are waging a war against the poverty and oppression, for the doctors who have earned international reputation in medical field and industrialists who have reached great heights through sheer hard work.
He said that the awards are instituted in memory of his father and former Chief Minister Dr YSR who pursued pro-farmer and pro-poor policies and brought in revolutionary changes in the society working for social justice and development of all regions.
Congratulating the recipients, the Governor said the awards, instituted in memory of Dr YSR who earned a permanent place in the hearts of Telugu people in both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, will go a long way in inspiring people in serving the society.