Chandigarh, Dec. 9 -- The Council of Ministers on Monday accorded approval to amend the Haryana Civil Service (Executive Branch) Rules, 2008. As per the amendment, the number of examination papers for the Haryana Civil Service (HCS) mains examination has been increased from four to six, carrying 600 marks.

An official spokesperson said that as per the revised structure, the English and Hindi papers will each be of 100 marks. Besides, there will be four papers of general studies, each carrying 100 marks. There will be no change in the structure of the preliminary examination carrying 200 marks. The structure of the personality test also remains unchanged.

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