amaravati the prestigious ysr lifetime achievement awards will be presented to several noted personalities from arts farming culture and literature fields on monday governor biswabhushan harichandan and chief minister y s jagan mohan reddy will present the awards to the winnersthe award carries rs 10 lakh and a memento for lifetime achievement award winners and rs 5 lakh and a memento for achievement award winners the state government had announced the awards with a view to present them on the birth anniversary of the late chief minister ys rajasekhara reddy on july 8 however the presentation ceremony was postponed in view of covid19with covid19 cases coming down in the state the government decided to give ysr achievement and lifetime achievement awards on monday to mark ap formation day celebrationsaccording to t vijay kumar reddy convener awards screening committee and commissioner i and pr 59 awards would be presented to different organisations and individuals he said that 29 ysr lifetime achievement awards and 30 ysr achievement awards would be presented during the eventabout 11 individuals and organisations from the agriculture sector have won the awards while 20 awards will be presented to different people from arts and culture said vijay kumar reddyhe added that seven people were selected for the award in the literature category and six in journalism he said the government has selected seven people from the covid warriors category priority was given to agriculture literature arts and culture during the selectionthe government had announced the awards with a view to present them on the birth anniversary of late chief minister ys rajasekhara reddy on july 8 however the ceremony was postponed in view of covid19