Cherry pick upto 59b057c2

[nikhilbarge]

What this PR does / why we need it:

Cherry pick below commits for TKr from master
c7a1398844782d7432d2fc4ad26ddbcdc53f925b
To
59b057c2bec091de29aff90007d2ef38d44970e8

Which issue this PR fixes (optional, in fixes #<issue number>(, fixes #<issue_number>, ...) format, will close that issue when PR gets merged): fixes #

Testing done:
NA

Special notes for your reviewer:

Release note:

Cherry pick commits  from master

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[akankshapanse]

/ok-to-test

[akankshapanse]

/approve

[vdkotkar]

/approve

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[akankshapanse]

/lgtm