The Board of Trustees of The Chartered Accountants’ Students Benevolent Fund has decided to grant financial assistance to 800 students, out of which 400 male and 400 female students, who are currently undergoing articled training in accordance with The Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988 and are poor, needy but meritorious to pursue the Chartered Accountancy Course, @ Rs. 1000/- p.m. for one year with effect from 1st April, 2015 to 31st March, 2016 to be paid in lump sum, subject to filing of required application. 

The eligibility criteria for obtaining financial assistance from CASBF are as under:

• Passed 10 + 2 examination with a minimum of 70 percent marks and Common Proficiency Test of ICAI in the first attempt or
• Passed B. Com Examination from a recognized University with a minimum of 60% marks.
• Currently undergoing articled training as per CA Regulations, 1988.
• Annual income of parents from all sources must be less than Rs. 1.50 lakh.

Students both male and female who are fulfilling the above criteria may apply for financial assistance from the Chartered Accountants’ Students Benevolent Fund. Students may send their request in the prescribed Application form duly filled in to the Member Secretary, Chartered Accountants’ Students Benevolent Fund at the following address so as to reach on or before 31st December, 2015. 

The form can be downloaded by clicking the following link:

http://www.icai.org/new_post.html?post_id=12016&c_id=240 

The filled in application form should be sent to the following address: 

Member Secretary
Chartered Accountants’ Students Benevolent Fund
C/o The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India,
“ICAI Bhawan”,
A-29, Sector-62, Noida-201309, 
Dist. Gautam Budh Nagar (U.P.) 
Website: www.icai.org; email: cabf@icai.in