shimla women candidates appearing for competitive examinations held by the himachal pradesh public service commission hppsc and the state staff selection commission hpssc will not have to pay any fees officials said on saturday the decision was taken by the hp cabinet on saturday an official spokesperson saidthe fees for various competitive examinations conducted by the hppsc and the hpssc vary from rs 500 to rs 1500 according to another officialthe cabinet in its meeting chaired by cm jai ram thakur also gave its consent to provide free text books to all general category students of class 9 and 10 of government schools it also gave its approval to enhance the financial assistance being given to the eligible families under the pradhan mantri awas yojna gramin and mukhya mantri awas yojna by rs 20000 now the beneficiaries will be getting rs 150 lakh instead of rs 130 lakh it also decided to increase the amount under mukhya mantri awas murammat yojna from existing rs 25000 to rs 35000 the cabinet also decided to fill up 10 posts of himachal pradesh administrative services through direct recruitment from the hppsc in personnel department