There aren’t too many people taking long, leisurely lunches at Delhi Gymkhana Club these days. And fewer out on the greens at Delhi Golf Club, even allowing for the blistering summer heat. Life for government servants has become a little harder under the Narendra Modi government – they’re expected to clock in on time, stay late when needed and even give up holidays, besides cutting out the little pleasures in life such as lunches at Delhi Gymkhana and Golf Club. Employees at a defence ministry office in Delhi were last week asked to sign up to a notice pledging that they would be in by 9 am or face disciplinary action. One habitual latecomer has now taken to leaving home half an hour earlier as result.

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