Chandigarh, July 04, 2020 : In a major initiative for ex-servicemen,Punjab CM Captain Amarinder today announced an increase in the number of attempts for taking the PCS examination. While the SC candidates among the general category will continue to get unlimited chances, as per the existing system, the general category ex-servicemen will now get six attempts, in line with the overall general category, instead of the earlier four chances. For the BC category of ex-servicemen, the number of attempts has been increased to nine, he said, adding that he had received several petitions from ex-servicemen to be put at par with the overall general category of aspirants.