LUCKNOW, Jan. 30 -- The Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Thursday approved rules for relaxing the age limit by one to three years and giving weightage of marks to participants in the Chief Minister's Fellowship Programme in all written examinations conducted by the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) and the UP Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UPSSSC).

Those who have worked as CM Fellows would get a one-year relaxation while two and three year tenures will lead to relaxation of two to three years respectively.

Similarly, the weightage will be of one, two and three marks (depending on completion of one, two or three-year tenures as CM Fellow) in exams carrying a maximum of 100 marks, two, four and six marks for exams of 500...