ICAI announces Schedule of Chartered Accountant Examination – May 2021 for Chartered Accountants Intermediate (IPC) {Under Old Scheme}, Intermediate {Under New Scheme} and Final {Under Old & New Scheme} Examinations.
THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA
Examination Department
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
19th February, 2021
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
No. 13-CA (EXAM)/M/2021: 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 Intermediate (IPC) {Under Old Scheme}, Intermediate {Under New Scheme} and Final {Under Old & New Scheme} Examinations will be held on the dates given below at the following places provided that sufficient number of candidates offer themselves to appear from each centre.
Similarly, Examinations in Post Qualification Course under Regulation 204, viz.: Insurance and Risk Management (IRM) Technical Examination and International Taxation – Assessment Test (INTT – AT) (which is open to the members of the Institute) will be held on the dates and places (centres in India only) which are given below provided that sufficient number of candidates offer themselves to appear from each of the below mentioned places.
INTERMEDIATE (IPC) COURSE EXAMINATION – Under OLD SCHEME
[As per syllabus contained in the scheme notified by the Council under Regulation 28 E (3) of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988]
| Group-I: 22nd, 24th, 27th & 29th MAY 2021 |
| Group-II: 31st MAY 2021, 2nd & 4th JUNE 2021 |
INTERMEDIATE COURSE EXAMINATION – Under NEW SCHEME
[As per syllabus contained in the scheme notified by the Council under Regulation 28 G (4) of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988.]
| Group-I: 22nd, 24th, 27th & 29th MAY 2021 |
| Group-II: 31st MAY 2021, 2nd , 4th & 6th JUNE 2021 |
FINAL COURSE EXAMINATION – Under OLD SCHEME
[As per syllabus contained in the scheme notified by the Council under Regulation 31 (ii) of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988.]
| Group -I: 21st, 23rd, 25th & 28th MAY 2021 |
| Group -II: 30th MAY 2021, 1st , 3rd & 5th JUNE 2021 |
FINAL EXAMINATION – Under NEW SCHEME
[As per syllabus contained in the scheme notified by the Council under Regulation 31 (iv) of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988.]
| Group -I: 21st, 23rd, 25th & 28th MAY 2021 |
| Group -II: 30th MAY 2021, 1st , 3rd & 5th JUNE 2021 |
MEMBERS’ EXAMINATION
INSURANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT (IRM) TECHNICAL EXAMINATION
| Modules I to IV | 21st, 23rd, 25th & 28th MAY 2021 |
INTERNATIONAL TAXATION – ASSESSMENT TEST (INTT – AT)
| 21st & 23rd MAY 2021 |
No examination is scheduled on 26th MAY 2021 (Wednesday) on account of Buddha Purnima being a compulsory (gezetted) Central Government holiday as per F. No. 12/9/2020 – JCA-2 dated 10.06.2020 issued by Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievance and Pensions, Government of India.
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 Holiday.
Candidates may note that Elective Paper – 6 of Final Examination (under New Scheme) is of 4 hours. 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 |
| Intermediate (IPC) (Old Scheme) | All Papers | 3 PM to 6 PM | 3 Hours |
| Intermediate (New Scheme) | All Papers | 3 PM to 6 PM | 3 Hours |
| Final (Old Scheme) | All Papers | 3 PM to 6 PM | 3 Hours |
| Final (New Scheme) | Paper 1 to 5 & Paper 7 & 8. |
3 PM to 6 PM | 3 Hours |
| Paper 6 (Elective) | 3 PM to 7 PM | 4 Hours | |
| Post Qualification Course Examinations i.e. IRM Technical Examination and (INTT – AT) |
ALL | 3 PM to 6 PM | 3 Hours |
Further, In case of composite papers having both MCQs based & Descriptive Question Papers, seal of MCQs based Question Paper shall be opened at 3 PM (IST), in other words there will be no prior reading time for MCQs based Question Papers
PLACES OF EXAMINATION CENTRES IN INDIA:
The Chartered Accountants examinations in May 2021 will be held in the following cities:
| Name of the State | Name of the Examination City |
| Andhra Pradesh | Anantapur, Eluru, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Rajamahendravaram, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram |
| Assam | Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Guwahati , Jorhat, Nagaon, Sibsagar, Silchar, Tezpur and Tinsukia |
| Bihar | Arrah, Aurangabad, Banka, Begusarai, Bettiah, Bhagalpur, Bihar Sharif, Chhapra, Darbhanga, Gaya, Gopalganj, Hajipur, Jamui, Jehanabad, Katihar, Lakhisarai, Madhepura, Madhubani, Motihari, Munger, Muzaffarpur, Nawada, Patna, Purnea, Samastipur, Sasaram, Sitamarhi, Siwan and Supaul |
| Chattisgarh | Ambikapur, Bilaspur, Durg, Janjgir, Korba, Raigarh, Raipur and Rajnandgaon |
| Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
| Delhi / New Delhi | Delhi / New Delhi |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | Silvassa |
| Goa | Mapusa and Margao |
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad, Amreli, Anand, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Gandhidham, Gandhinagar, Godhra, Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Mehsana, Nadiad, Navsari, Palanpur, Porbandar, Rajkot, Surat, Surendranagar, Vadodara and Vapi |
| Haryana | Ambala, Bahadurgarh, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Narnaul, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat and Yamuna nagar |
| Himachal Pradesh | Hamirpur, Kangra, Mandi, Shimla, Solan and Una |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Jammu and Srinagar |
| Jharkhand | Bokaro Steel City, Deoghar, Dhanbad, Dumka, Giridih, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ramgarh and Ranchi |
| Karnataka | Bagalkot, Belgaum, Bellary, Bengaluru, Bidar, Chamaraja Nagar, Chikamgalur, Chikkaballapur, Chitradurga, Davangere, Gadag, Hassan, Haveri, Hubli, Kalaburgi (gulbarga), Kolar, Koppal, Madikere, Mandya, Mangalore, Mysore, Raichur, Shimoga, Sirsi, Tumakuru, Udupi and Vijayapura |
| Kerala | Adoor, Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kalpetta, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kollam (quilon), Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram and Thrissur |
| Madhya Pradesh | Balaghat, Betul, Bhopal, Burhanpur, Chhatarpur, Chhindwara, Dewas, Dhar, Guna, Gwalior, Hoshangabad, Indore, Itarsi, Jabalpur, Katni, Khandwa, Khargone, Mandsaur, Narsinghpur, Neemuch, Ratlam, Rewa, Sagar, Satna, Sehore, Shahdol, Shajapur, Shivpuri, Singrauli, Ujjain and Vidisha |
| Maharashtra | Ahmednagar, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Badlapur, Beed, Bhandara, Bhiwandi, Khamgaon (Buldhana), Chandrapur, Dhule, Gondia, Hingoli, Ichalkaranji, Jalgaon, Jalna, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nandurbar, Nasik, Navi mumbai, Osmanabad, Palghar, Panvel, Parbhani, Pimpri-chinchwad, Pune, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara, Sindhudurg, Solapur, Thane, Vasai, Wardha, Washim and Yavatmal |
| Meghalaya | Shillong |
| Manipur | Imphal |
| Nagaland | Dimapur |
| Odisha | Angul, Balangir, Balasore, Bargarh, Berhampur (brahmapur), Bhadrak, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Jeypore, Jharsuguda, Kendrapara, Keonjhar, Puri, Rayagada, Rourkela and Sambalpur |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
Port Blair |
| Puducherry | Puducherry |
| Punjab | Amritsar, Bathinda, Ferozepur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mandi Gobindgarh, Mansa, Pathankot, Patiala, Phagwara, Sangrur and Sri Muktsar Sahib |
| Rajasthan | Ajmer, Alwar, Balotra, Banswara, Beawar, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Bundi, Chittorgarh, Churu, Dausa, Dungarpur, Hanumangarh Town, Jaipur, Jalore, Jhalawar, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Kishangarh, Kota, Nagaur, Pali – marwar, Rajsamand, Sikar, Sirohi, Sri ganga nagar, Tonk and Udaipur |
| Sikkim | Gangtok |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Hosur, Kancheepuram, Karaikudi, Karur, Kumbakonam, Madurai, Nagapattinam, Nagercoil, Namakkal, Ooty, Pudukkottai, Salem, Sivakasi, Theni, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Tirupur, Tiruvallur, Tiruvannamalai, Tuticorin, Vellore and Villupuram |
| Telangana | Adilabad, Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Mahabubnagar, Medak, Nalgonda Nizamabad, Sangareddy, Shamshabad and Warangal |
| Tripura | Agartala |
| Uttar Pradesh | Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Amroha, Azamgarh, Badaun, Baghpat, Bahraich, Ballia, Bareilly, Basti, Bhadohi, Bijnor, Bulandshahr, Deoria, Etah, Etawah, Faizabad, Firozabad, Ghaziabad, Ghazipur, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Hathras, Jaunpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Kushinagar, Lakhimpur Kheri, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Mirzapur, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida, Pilibhit, Pratapgarh, Rae Bareli, Rampur, Saharanpur, Shahjahanpur, Sonebhadra, Sultanpur and Varanasi |
| Uttarakhand | Almora, Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar, Kashipur and Kotdwar |
| West Bengal | Asansol, Durgapur, Haldia, Hooghly, Kharagpur, Kolkata, Purulia, Raniganj and Siliguri |
PLACES OF EXAMINATION CENTRES OVERSEAS:
[FOR INTERMEDIATE (IPC), INTERMEDIATE AND FINAL EXAMINATIONS ONLY]
The May – 2021 examinations will also be held at the 8 (Eight) overseas examination centres, namely
| Overseas | Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Doha, Dubai, Kampala (Uganda), Kathmandu, Kuwait, Muscat |
The Examination commencement timings at Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Muscat Centres will be 1.30 PM i.e. Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Muscat local time corresponding / equivalent to 3 PM. (IST). The Examination commencement timing at Bahrain, Doha, Kampala and Kuwait Centre will be 12.30 PM i.e. Bahrain / Doha / Kampala / Kuwait local time corresponding / equivalent to 3 PM. (IST). The Examination commencement Timing at Kathmandu (Nepal) Centre will be 3.15 PM Nepal local time corresponding / equivalent to 3 PM (IST).
The Council reserves the right to withdraw any city / centre at any stage without assigning any reason. Online filling up of examination forms:
Applications for admission to Intermediate (IPC), Intermediate & Final Examinations; Candidates are required to apply on-line at https://icaiexam.icai.org from 31st March, 2021 to 13th April, 2021 and remit the examination fee on-line by using VISA or MASTER or MAESTRO Credit / Debit Card / Rupay Card / Net Banking / Bhim UPI. They shall however, be required to remit additional ₹ 600/- towards late fee (for Domestic & Kathmandu centres) and US$ 10 (for Overseas centres) in case the application online is made after 13th April, 2021 and upto 16th April, 2021.
Further, applications for admission to Post Qualification Course Examinations i.e. Insurance and Risk Management (IRM) Technical Examination and International Taxation – Assessment Test (INTT – AT) (which is open to the members of the Institute) are required to apply on-line at pqc.icaiexam.icai.org from 31st March, 2021 to 13th April, 2021 and remit the examination fee on-line by using VISA or MASTER or MAESTRO Credit / Debit Card / Rupay Card / Net Banking / Bhim UPI. They shall however, be required to remit additional ₹ 600/- towards late fee in case the application on-line is made after 13th April, 2021 and upto 16th April, 2021.
The examination fees payable for various courses are as under:–
| Intermediate (IPC) & Intermediate Course Examinations {Old and New Scheme} |
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| For Indian Centre(s) | ||
| Single Group / Unit 1 to 10 (except Unit 9) / Unit 4A to 7A | ₹ 1500/- | |
| Both Groups / Unit 9 / Unit 8A / Unit 9A | ₹ 2700/- | |
| For Overseas Centre(s) – Excluding Kathmandu Centre | ||
| Single Group / Unit 1 to 10 (except Unit 9) / Unit 4A to 7A | US$ 325 | |
| Both Groups / Unit 9 / Unit 8A / Unit 9A | US$ 500 | |
| For Kathmandu Centre | ||
| Single Group / Unit 1 to 10 (except Unit 9) / Unit 4A to 7A | INR ₹ 2200 | |
| Both Groups / Unit 9 / Unit 8A / Unit 9A | INR ₹ 3400 | |
| Final Course Examinations {Old and New Scheme} | ||
| For Indian Centre(s) | ||
| Single Group | ₹ 1800/- | |
| Both Groups | ₹ 3300/- | |
| For Overseas Centre(s) – Excluding Kathmandu Centre | ||
| Single Group | US$ 325 | |
| Both Groups | US$ 550 | |
| For Kathmandu Centre | ||
| Single Group | INR ₹ 2200 | |
| Both Groups | INR ₹ 4000 | |
| INSURANCE & RISK MANAGEMENT (IRM) | ₹ 2000/- | |
| INTERNATIONAL TAXATION – ASSESSMENT TEST | ₹ 2000/- | |
The late fee for online submission of examination application form after the scheduled last date would be ` 600/- (for Indian / Kathmandu Centres) and US $ 10 (for Abroad Centres) as decided by the Council.
OPTION TO ANSWER PAPERS IN HINDI:
Candidates of Intermediate (IPC), Intermediate and Final (Old & New Scheme) Examinations will be allowed to opt for English / Hindi medium for answering papers. Detailed information will be found in guidance notes hosted at https://icaiexam.icai.org. However the medium of Examinations will be only English in respect of Post Qualification Course viz.: Insurance and Risk Management (IRM) Technical Examination and International Taxation – Assessment Test (INTT – AT).
(S. K. GARG)
ADDITIONAL SECRETARY (EXAMINATIONS)
