Chartered Accountants Foundation & Intermediate Examinations - January 2025 - PDF

Examination Department The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India 20th September 2024 ________...

Examination Department The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India 20th September 2024 __________________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT No. 13-CA (EXAM)/JANUARY/2025: In pursuance of Regulation 22 of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988, the Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India is pleased to announce that the next Chartered Accountants Foundation and Intermediate Examinations will be held on the dates and places which are given below provided that sufficient number of candidates offer themselves to appear from each of the below mentioned places. FOUNDATION COURSE EXAMINATION [As per syllabus contained in the scheme notified by the Council under Regulation 25 F of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988.] 12th, 14th, 16th & 18th January 2025 INTERMEDIATE COURSE EXAMINATION [As per syllabus contained in the scheme notified by the Council under Regulation 28 F of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988.] Group -I: 11th, 13th & 15th January 2025 Group -II: 17th, 19th & 21st January 2025 It may be emphasized that there would be no change in the examination schedule in the event of any day of the examination schedule being declared a Public Holiday by the Central Government or any State Government / Local Bodies. Paper(s) 3 & 4 of Foundation Examination are of 2 hours duration. However, all other examinations are of 3 hours duration, and the examination wise timing(s) are given below: Examination Paper(s) Exam. Timings (IST) Duration Paper 1 & 2 2 PM to 5 PM 3 Hours Foundation Paper 3 & 4* 2 PM to 4 PM 2 Hours Intermediate All Papers 2 PM to 5 PM 3 Hours *In Paper 3 and 4 of Foundation Examination there will not be any advance reading time, whereas in all other papers / exams mentioned above, an advance reading time of 15 minutes will be given from 1.45 PM (IST) to 2 PM (IST). Further, in case of composite papers having both MCQs based & Descriptive Question Papers, seal of MCQs based Question Paper shall be opened at 2 PM (IST), in other words there will be no advance reading time for MCQs based Question Papers. 1 3. PLACES OF EXAMINATION CITIES: The Chartered Accountants Examinations, January 2025 will be held in the following Indian cities: Name of (No. Name of the Examination City the State of Cities) Andaman 1 Port Blair and Nicobar Islands Andhra 14 Anantapur, Eluru, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Pradesh Rajamahendravaram, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram Assam 5 Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar and Tinsukia Bihar 12 Begusarai, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Madhubani, Motihari, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea, Samastipur, Sitamarhi and Siwan Chattisgarh 6 Bilaspur, Durg, Korba, Raigarh, Raipur and Rajnandgaon Chandigarh 1 Chandigarh Delhi / New 1 Delhi / New Delhi Delhi Goa 2 Mapusa and Margao Gujarat 23 Ahmedabad, Anand, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Gandhidham, Gandhinagar, Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Mehsana, Morbi, Nadiad, Navsari, Palanpur, Patan, Porbandar, Rajkot, Surat, Surendranagar, Vadodara, Valsad and Vapi Haryana 18 Ambala, Bahadurgarh, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon (Gurugram), Hisar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Narnaul, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat and Yamuna Nagar Himachal 1 Shimla Pradesh Jammu & 2 Jammu and Srinagar Kashmir Jharkhand 7 Bokaro Steel City, Deoghar, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ramgarh and Ranchi Karnataka 23 Bagalkot, Belgaum, Bellary, Bengaluru, Chikkaballapur, Chitradurga, Davangere, Gadag, Hassan, Haveri, Hubli, Kalaburgi (Gulbarga), Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Mangalore, Mysore, Raichur, Shimoga, Sirsi, Tumakuru, Udupi and Vijayapura Kerala 14 Adoor, Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kalpetta, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kollam (Quilon), Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram and Thrissur Madhya 16 Bhopal, Burhanpur, Chhatarpur, Chhindwara, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Pradesh Katni, Khandwa, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Ratlam, Rewa, Sagar, Satna and Ujjain Maharashtra 36 Ahmednagar, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Badlapur, Beed, Bhiwandi, Khamgaon (Buldhana), Chandrapur, Dhule, Gondia, Ichalkaranji, Jalgaon, Jalna, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nandurbar, Nashik, Navi Mumbai, Palghar, Panvel, Parbhani, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara, Sindhudurg, Solapur, Thane, Vasai, Wardha and Yavatmal Manipur 1 Imphal Meghalaya 1 Shillong Mizoram 1 Aizawal Odisha 10 Balangir, Balasore, Berhampur (Brahmapur), Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jharsuguda, Puri, Rayagada, Rourkela and Sambalpur 2  Puducherry 1 Puducherry Punjab 8 Amritsar, Bathinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mandi Gobindgarh, Pathankot, Patiala and Sangrur Rajasthan 23 Ajmer, Alwar, Balotra, Banswara, Beawar, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Bundi, Chittorgarh, Churu, Jaipur, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Kishangarh, Kota, Nagaur, Pali - Marwar, Rajsamand, Sikar, Sirohi, Sri Ganganagar and Udaipur Sikkim 1 Gangtok Tamil Nadu 28 Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Hosur, Kancheepuram, Karaikudi, Karur, Kumbakonam, Madurai, Nagapattinam, Nagercoil, Namakkal, Pudukkottai, Salem, Sivakasi, Thanjavur, Theni, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Tirupur, Tiruvallur, Tiruvannamalai, Tuticorin, Vellore and Villupuram Telangana 8 Adilabad, Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, Nizamabad and Warangal Tripura 1 Agartala Uttar 18 Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad (Prayagraj), Bareilly, Bulandshahr, Firozabad, Pradesh Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida, Saharanpur and Varanasi Uttarakhand 4 Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar and Kashipur West Bengal 7 Asansol, Durgapur, Hooghly, Kharagpur, Kolkata, Raniganj and Siliguri PLACES OF EXAMINATION CITIES OVERSEAS: [FOR FOUNDATION AND INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATIONS ONLY] The January 2025 Examinations will also be held at 8 (Eight) overseas examination cities, namely: Overseas Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Thimpu (Bhutan), Doha, Dubai, Kathmandu (Nepal), Kuwait and Muscat The Examination commencement timing at Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Muscat Centres will be 12.30 PM i.e., Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Muscat local time corresponding / equivalent to 2 PM. (IST). The Examination commencement timing at Bahrain, Doha, and Kuwait Centre will be 11.30 AM i.e., Bahrain / Doha / Kuwait local time corresponding / equivalent to 2 PM (IST). The Examination commencement Timing at Kathmandu (Nepal) Centre will be 2.15 PM Nepal local time corresponding / equivalent to 2 PM (IST). The Examination commencement timing at Thimpu (Bhutan) Centre will be 2.30 PM Bhutan local time corresponding / equivalent to 2 PM (IST). The ICAI reserves the right to withdraw any city / centre at any stage without assigning any reason. Online filling up of examination forms: As a part of automation and platform consolidation, ICAI is pleased to announce that all candidates in respect of Foundation and Intermediate Examinations will be required to apply online at https://eservices.icai.org (Self Service Portal - SSP) for January 2025 Exam and also pay the requisite examination fee online. These forms are based on your eligibility of your course based on announcements and regulations. These forms will be available on SSP, and you are requested to login with your credentials (Username and password). These Exam forms will be available in SSP effective designated dates as announced on www.icai.org. Kindly Note: If you have never registered as a user in SSP, kindly open the following URL: https://eservices.icai.org/EForms/configuredHtml/1666/57499/Registration.html?action=existing Please use forgot password option in case you have forgotten or lost your password. Students are also requested to Create Username, Register Course, Convert Course, Revalidate, Update Photo, Signature and Address on SSP only. Examination fee can be remitted on-line by using VISA or MASTER or MAESTRO Credit / Debit Card / Rupay Card / Net Banking / Bhim UPI. 3 Opening and closing of online window for submission of examination application forms and correction window. The Following dates(s) may be noted: - Details Intermediate / Foundation Examination Commencement of submission of online examination 10th November 2024 application forms [Sunday] Last date for submission of online examination 23rd November 2024 application forms (without late fees) [Saturday] Last date for submission of online examination 26th November 2024 application forms (with late fees of ` 600/- or US $ [Tuesday] 10) Students seeking change of examination city / 27th November 2024 medium, the correction window for the examination [Wednesday] forms already filled will be available during the dates To mentioned 29 November 2024 th [Friday] Examination Fee The examination fee(s) for various courses are as under: -- Intermediate Course Examination For Indian Centre(s) Single Group / Unit (All except 2) ₹ 1500/- Both Groups / Unit 2 ₹ 2700/- For Overseas Centre(s) – Excluding Bhutan & Kathmandu Centre Single Group / Unit (All except 2) US$ 325 Both Groups / Unit 2 US$ 500 For Bhutan & Kathmandu Centre(s) Single Group / Unit (All except 2) INR ₹ 2200 Both Groups / Unit 2 INR ₹ 3400 Foundation Course Examination For Indian Centre(s) ₹ 1500/- For Overseas Centre(s) – Excluding Bhutan & Kathmandu Centre(s) US$ 325 For Bhutan & Kathmandu Centre(s) INR ₹ 2200 The late fee for submission of examination application form after the scheduled last date would be ` 600/- (for Indian / Bhutan / Kathmandu Centres) and US $ 10 (for Abroad Centres) as decided by the Council. OPTION TO ANSWER PAPERS IN HINDI: Candidates of Foundation and Intermediate Examinations will be allowed to opt for English / Hindi medium for answering papers. Detailed information will be found in guidance notes hosted at https://eservices.icai.org The Candidates are advised to note the above and stay in touch with the website of the Institute, www.icai.org. [ (S. K. GARG) DIRECTOR (EXAMINATIONS) 4