<h5 class="synopsis">Delhi New CM Announcement Live Updates: The announcement will be made after the conclusion of the AAP Legislative party meeting.</h5>
Delhi New Chief Minister Live Updates, September 17: A day after Arvind Kejriwal sent shockwaves across political circles saying that he would step down as the chief minister of Delhi, the AAP chief is set to meet Lieutenant Governor (L-G) V K Saxena on Tuesday at 4.30 pm. Sources in Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said that Kejriwal is likely to tender his resignation today.&nbsp;But before that, the party will announce its new CM face.
Who is likely to be the next CM? The announcement will be made after the conclusion of the AAP Legislative party meeting. This comes a day after Kejriwal held one-on-one meetings with key leaders and discussions with members of AAP&rsquo;s Political Affairs Committee (PAC). Post his deliberations, Atishi has emerged as the frontrunner for the post of the CM. Earlier, Kejriwal had ruled out the possibility of former deputy chief minister and AAP second-in-command Manish Sisodia taking over.
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Will Delhi Cabinet get a rejig? A senior AAP&nbsp; leader told <a class="keywordtourl" href="https://indianexpress.com/" rel="noamphtml">The Indian Express</a> that there will be two new entrants to the council of ministers. The need to induct two new members in the Cabinet has arisen since Kejriwal&rsquo;s resignation will create one more vacancy on the seven-member body.
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<a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/kejriwal-to-vacate-his-civil-lines-home-in-a-few-weeks-after-stepping-down-from-post-9571604/">Read our full story here</a>
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Delhi CM Announcement Live Updates: AAP to announce new CM face shortly with Kejriwal poised to resign

Budget 2024: The country eagerly awaits the unveiling of the Union Budget by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. There&rsquo;s another aspect that captured everyone's attention and that is her choice of attire. Each year, Sitharaman's selection of saree for the budget presentation becomes a topic of interest and admiration among the public.
This year, for her record-breaking seventh Union Budget presentation she chose a beautiful white silk saree delicately bordered in magenta and adorned with intricate golden motifs. Her elegant appearance not only captured attention but also sparked admiration across the nation and on social media platforms.&nbsp;
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May 25, 2022. It is 5 am. Narendra Damodardas Modi lands at Palam Airforce Station fresh, despite two nights in plane and one night in Tokyo, holding 24 meetings in 41 hours. For the PM, it is work time again &ndash; first Cabinet meeting, next progress review of infrastructure projects, in between offering condolences to families of six tourists who died in a road accident in Odisha, and ending the day with a tweet on &lsquo;I will be in Hyderabad and Chennai tomorrow.
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This is the &lsquo;Modi way&rsquo;.
This week, <a href="https://www.news18.com/topics/narendra-modi/">Narendra Modi</a> completed eight years as the Prime Minister and started on the ninth year with focused pursuit to build modern, top-quality, futuristic and sustainable infrastructure at a scale not achieved in the past. This article attempts to assess the Modi government&rsquo;s performance in the infrastructure sector in these eight years. I start by sharing three stories &ndash; of Modi and I, Modi and Nilekani, and Modi and Modi.
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<h4>Modi and I</h4>
In the past 64 years, I have had one nanosecond-long tryst with Narendra Modi &ndash; a handshake at Gandhinagar in early 2000s when chief minister Modi was trying to lure Japanese investments in Dholera, India&rsquo;s first Special Investment Region (SIR). I suddenly hear Modi say: &lsquo;New Gujarat within Gujarat &ndash; a new Singapore four times the size of Singapore&rsquo;.
The previous night, over dinner at Cambay Resort in Gandhinagar, I had scribbled these words on a paper napkin and smuggled them to the CEO of Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board the next morning, who either gave them to Modi or Modi and I were dreaming the same dream. I was then the project director and team leader for the pre-feasibility study of Dholera-SIR.
At the end of the fifth edition of the two-day Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors&rsquo; Summit in 2011, Modi had the last laugh: 7,936 MOUs were inked for investment worth Rs 20.83 lakh crore, including billions of dollars in Dholera.
Dholera-SIR is now a dream come true.
<h4>Modi and Nilekani</h4>
Modi and Nandan Nilekani are the only two Indians who understand the disruptive power of technology to &lsquo;reimagine India&rsquo;.
In 2014, when Nandan Nilekani was fighting to enter the Lok Sabha, Modi reached Bengaluru to tear apart Nilekani and his baby Aadhaar. Nandan Nilekani lost the Lok Sabha election from Bengaluru South by 2.3 lakh votes to BJP&rsquo;s Ananth Kumar. <a href="https://www.news18.com/india/">India</a> Today wrote: Nandan Nilekani loses: Money can&rsquo;t buy you vote.
But Nilekani did not stop re-imagining India. After defeat, Nilekani vacated the government bungalow, but got a courtesy meeting with the new PM &ndash; in other words, an opportunity to explain Aadhaar&rsquo;s transformative power to Modi.
Modi went against the BJP view and turned into one of the most ardent champions of Aadhaar. Aadhaar was not Modi&rsquo;s idea, but he made it big and used it as a delivery vehicle for his technology enabled direct transfer schemes, including housing for all.
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<h4>Modi and Modi</h4>
In Gujarat for eight years (2002-2010), I learnt how to make &lsquo;tomorrow&rsquo;s infrastructure happen today&rsquo;. I was handling two corridor development studies (Palanpur-Mehsana-Vadodara and Surendranagar-Rajkot-Morbi-Kandla corridors), railway projects (Bahruch Dahej and Ankaleshwar-Jhakadia), financing strategy for Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar Metro Rail, Dholera-SIR pre-feasibility, among others.
In Gujarat I got a primer on Modi&rsquo;s infra vision. In 2014, Modi brought the Gujarat Model to Delhi and amplified it manifold.
PM Modi bested CM Modi with tech-powered PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation). The First PRAGATI meeting was held on March 25, 2015; the latest meeting (40th) was held on May 25, 2022. In between, PPRAGATI had powered 311 infrastructure projects worth Rs 14.82 lakh crore. The PRAGATI meeting held at 3.30 pm on last Wednesday of every month keeps project implementors on their toes. I just got first-hand PRAGATI lesson while handling critical gauge conversion railway project in the last three months.
Now I turn to Modi&rsquo;s eight-year infrastructure scorecard through eight hits, eight misses and eight challenges. But first, I want to focus on two big and revolutionary interventions by the Modi government.
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<h4>Swachh Bharat</h4>
On October 2, 2014, Modi launched an ambitious Swachh Bharat Abhiyan on Mahatma&rsquo;s 145th birth anniversary to achieve universal sanitation. Has it delivered? &ndash; I say substantially though it remains a work in progress.
After five years of launch, on October 2, 2019, all villages, gram panchayats, districts, states and union territories declared themselves &lsquo;open-defecation free&rsquo; (ODF), with central government building toilets in 100 million homes.
Having keenly watched the Swachh Bharat campaign, I find its central contribution to be changing the narrative, by attempting the change at an audacious pace and scale. To assess the exact number of toilets constructed, surviving and in disuse, needs pan-India social audit but the message is &ndash; Swachh has walked the talk though the unenviable task of sustaining gains, and the behavioural change has just begun.
The success of Swachh 1.0 has made Modi gamble big this time on Swachh 2.0, to make cities garbage-free. If Swachh 2.0 can achieve even 50 per cent success rate, it will transform urban India. But given our propensity to litter a clean road, this mission will take time and effort to yield results.
<h4>GATI SHAKTI</h4>
Announced in his 88 minute-long speech from Red Fort on August 15, 2021, &lsquo;Gati Shakti&rsquo; is Modi&rsquo;s boldest holistic and integrated approach to infrastructure.
Gati Shakti &ndash; a Rs 100 lakh crore infrastructure master plan to make difference through integrated approach by breaking the entrenched silos over six years &ndash; has received Rs 20,000 crore allocation in this year&rsquo;s Budget. Propelled by seven engines &ndash; roads, railways, airports, ports, mass transport, waterways and logistics &ndash; Gati Shakti is an idea whose time has come. But my caveat is: these are early days, and the programme has to navigate through deep and dark alleys with full might of governance to ensure it does not lose steam midway and gets stuck in the muddle.
Now, time to look at the hits and misses of the Narendra Modi government in these eight years.
<h4>The Hits</h4>
First, the big picture and bigger Gestalt. The infra expenditure has gone up from Rs 1.81 lakh crore in FY15 to Rs 7.5 lakh crore in FY23, with a 35 per cent jump over FY22. To put FY23 capex in perspective, at 19.01 per cent of Rs 39,44,909-crore FY23 budget, the allocation is highest after 15.9 per cent in FY22, 13.54 per cent in FY21, 12.58 per cent in FY20 and 12.28 per cent in FY19.
Second, Modi is also fixing legacy issues. The project completion pace picked up for pending projects he inherited.
Third, Northeast integration. In 1990s, noted transport economist M.Q. Dalvi created the blueprint for a massive rail infra push in the Northeast; it is, however, Modi who has brought Northeast to the national mainstream with a cobweb of roads, bridges, tunnels, rail and air connectivity. Soon, all state capitals of the Northeast will be on rail map.
Fourth, border infra push. Narendra Modi has challenged the notion that good border infra will bring the enemy home fast. From a single tunnel during 2008-2014 to six in his era (two dozen more are planned), to doubling of bridges constructed, to fast-tracking road construction from 3,610 km in 2008-2014 to 4,764 km in 2014-2020, India has sent a loud and clear message that it is no more a pushover.
Fifth, power sector. Modi inherited a rural electricity programme which had moved at snail&rsquo;s pace for decades and took it to the finish line at record pace. More noteworthy is the doubling of renewable capacity &ndash; both solar and wind &ndash; in five years and bringing it close to the target of 175 gigawatts by December 2022. Non-fossil installed energy capacity at 158 gigawatts is now 40 per cent of total electricity capacity of 392 gigawatts.
Six, stringing highways and expressways. Though the exact kilometrage of highways and expressways completed is a matter of detail but increasing the pace of construction from 8-12 km per day in the UPA era to 37-38 km per day is the biggest hit of Modi&rsquo;s eight-year-old government.
Seventh, metro rail. In 2014, 200-km metro rail in Delhi-NCR region built to clockwise precision and within original estimated project cost was an oasis in a desert. This story has changed, and for good &ndash; operational metro rail has crossed 800 km in 20 cities, with another 900 km in completion stage and 1000 km in planning mode. Modi&rsquo;s vision that India will have metro rail in 50 cities by 2031 seems within reach.
Eight, digital infrastructure. In 2019, McKinsey Global Institute&rsquo;s report &lsquo;Digital India: <a href="https://www.news18.com/tech/">Technology</a> to transform a connected nation&rsquo; noted that India is the largest and fastest-growing market for digital consumers. As digital capabilities improve and connectivity becomes omnipresent, technology will radically change every sector, creating significant economic value. India of 2022 has bested McKinsey prediction with massive investment in digital technology, increased access to mobile broadband, fibre-optic connectivity, low-cost smartphones. This has ushered a wave of technological entrepreneurship.
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<h4>The Misses</h4>
India&rsquo;s infrastructure deficit is very high and the task to upgrade is humongous, misses, therefore, are bound to happen.
First, Indian Railways. It was in &lsquo;ICU&rsquo; earlier and has now slipped into terminal &lsquo;coma&rsquo;, its signature projects are languishing, key structural reforms are jinxed, finances in tatters and morale low.
Second, housing for all by 2022. As the programme is ambitious, misses will happen &ndash; at least, it recognises that the problem needs urgent fix. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, rural and urban, has made a dent but needs fast-tracking.
Third, smart city mission has not proved smart, so far. In 100 chosen cities &ndash; both brownfield and greenfield &ndash; the mission is lagging in both quantitative and qualitative impact.
Fourth, disrupted urban mobility. Urban India is gridlocked, metro rail has poor ridership, except in Delhi, and lack of buses makes mobility difficult; there is no space for pedestrians and cyclists on city roads. Complete absence of multi-modal integration is another sore point, which is driving urban India towards more private car usage.
Five, water woes. Despite the Modi government connecting 9.5 crore poor households to a water tap under the &lsquo;Har Ghar, Nal Se Jal&rsquo;, I submit &lsquo;Dilli abhi duur hai&rsquo;. Access to 24/7 water is a pipe dream even in metropolitan areas, ground water levels have plummeted, drinking water is not potable and India stares at Day Zero, sooner or later.
Six, national infrastructure pipeline got bigger from 6,835 projects to 9,335. But this needs an investment to the tune of Rs 108 trillion. It has no financial close. It was to be funded 18-20 per cent by the Centre, 24-26 per cent by states and the balance through an eclectic mix of private sector investment and asset monetisation. Lack of financing remains a spoiler.
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Priyank Panchal was named as vice-captain Rohit Sharma's replacement in India squad for the Test series in South Africa.
Ahead of the South Africa tour, the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday announced that newly-appointed Test vice-captain Rohit Sharma will miss the Test series against Proteas due to a hamstring injury. Gujarat batter Priyank Panchal was named as Rohit Sharma's replacement in the India Test squad. Taking to Twitter, Panchal thanked everyone for all the "good wishes" and said that he was "honoured to be donning Team India jersey".
"Thank you everyone for all your good wishes. Honoured to be donning the team India jersey. Thank you for showing faith in me @BCCI Looking forward to the series!" Panchal wrote on Twitter.
"Exactly after 100 first-class matches and nearly after one and a half decade in domestic cricket, @PKpanchal9 has finally got a chance to prove himself in Test . Best wishes bhai," wrote India wicketkeeper batter Parthiv Patel while congratulating Panchal.

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Virat Kohli Press Conference Live Updates: Indian Test skipper Virat Kohli will address the media ahead of Team India's upcoming South Africa tour, scheduled to begin from December 26.
Virat Kohli Press Conference Live Updates: Indian Test skipper Virat Kohli is addressing the media ahead of Team India's upcoming South Africa tour, scheduled to begin from December 26. Kohli has clarified that he will be available for the three-match ODI series and had never asked for a break, contrary to media reports. The opening Test match will be played in Centurion at the SuperSport Park from December 26 to 30. Johannesburg's Wanderers Stadium will be the host to the second Test between January 3 to 7 next year. The third and final Test will be played in Newlands in Cape Town between January 11 to 15. Other than the Tests, India will also engage in a three-match ODI series while the T20I series was rescheduled for later.

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India's Tour Of South-Africa: Virat Kohli Press Conference Live Updates: Available For ODI Series, Never Asked For Rest, Says Test Skipper

India has entered discussions to join the International Energy Agency (IEA)&nbsp;as a full member &mdash; a move that would recognize the world&rsquo;s most populous country as a key player in tackling global energy and climate challenges.
If successful, India would become the first country from outside the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to join the highest ranks of the IEA. Its acceptance would formally recognize India&rsquo;s role as an economic leader with tremendous potential as a buyer and seller of energy, a leading producer of renewable energy, and a model for other countries with emerging economies.
&ldquo;India kind of has an outsized role in the global energy dialogue right now, being an energy demand giant. IEA needs India to be at their table,&rdquo; said Mohua Mukherjee, an independent senior energy expert working at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.
For the last half-century, full membership in the IEA &mdash; an intergovernmental organization that promotes energy security and the world&rsquo;s transition to clean energy &mdash; has been limited to the 31 members of the OECD. These are mostly high-income countries situated in the West.
India will first have to be accepted as an accession country &mdash; a designation given to countries on the way to full membership. Currently, Chile, Colombia, Israel, Latvia, and Costa Rica are recognized as accession countries.
But India holds unique power as an emerging energy giant: it is poised to see the largest energy demand growth of any country because of its rapid progress toward industrialisation and urbanisation, combined with sharply rising per capita incomes.
&ldquo;Having India as an advocate for the rights and the needs of energy consuming countries will be a good signal to have such a big player from the Global South as central to the energy conversations,&rdquo; said Kaushik Deb, senior research scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University.
<h3>India&rsquo;s participation is necessary.</h3>
The IEA was established in 1974 during an&nbsp;<a href="https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/oil-shock-of-1973-74">energy crisis</a>&nbsp;that arose when Arab countries stopped selling oil to the West. Its original purpose was to promote the energy security of OECD countries.
Over time, the IEA mandate expanded to include analyzing global energy trends, advising member governments on transitions to sustainable energy and fostering multinational cooperation. In 2016, the IEA broadened its concept again to add climate change into its vision of energy security.
Over the last decade, the IEA has sought to engage key non-members in its activities &mdash; particularly large economies important to the global energy transition. These countries were given a designation as associate countries and include Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, South Africa, Thailand, Singapore and Morocco.
Today, the IEA&rsquo;s 31<a href="https://www.iea.org/about/membership">&nbsp;member countries</a>&nbsp;and 13 associate countries represent 75% of global energy demand.
In recent years, IEA has realized that India is an energy giant, Mukherjee said. Without India&rsquo;s participation in efforts to reduce emissions, the pathway to limiting global warming to 1.5 or 2 degrees Celsius would not be possible, she adds.
India &mdash; which now, with 1.4 billion residents, has surpassed China as the world&rsquo;s largest country by population &mdash; is undergoing a period of growing energy demand, urbanization and industrial growth, making it a key player in efforts to hit global climate change targets.

Meeting a growing energy demand can go hand-in-hand with the green transition. This is what India could show the world.

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