National Awards to be sent to homes of awardees boycotting event
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) will be sending the National Awards by post to the homes of over 50 awardees who boycotted the ceremony. An I&B official said that previously when awardees failed to turn up for the ceremony, the awards were sent to their residence. The boycott was over President Ram Nath Kovind handing out only 11 awards.