While some were taking the cleanliness pledge others were coming to terms with the "unpredictability" of what Prime Minister Narendra Modi would approve of and what he would not.
"When you go for a meeting prepared and confident, he tends to pick some point that requires you to do a course correction," a bureaucrat associated with a key ministry said.
"On other days, when you are not too sure if the decision taken is in line with the government's plan, he asks you to be confident and stick to the decision you have taken."
