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
Paper 1 to 5 & 3 PM to 6 PM 3 Hours
Final (New Scheme) Paper 7 & 8.
Paper 6 (Elective) 3 PM to 7 PM 4 Hours
Post Qualification Course ALL 3 PM to 6 PM 3 Hours

Examinations i.e. IRM Technical

Examination and (INTT – AT)

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
Assam Vizianagaram
Bihar Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Guwahati , Jorhat, Nagaon, Sibsagar, Silchar, Tezpur and
Tinsukia
Chattisgarh Arrah, Aurangabad, Banka, Begusarai, Bettiah, Bhagalpur, Bihar Sharif, Chhapra,
Chandigarh Darbhanga, Gaya, Gopalganj, Hajipur, Jamui, Jehanabad, Katihar, Lakhisarai,
Madhepura, Madhubani, Motihari, Munger, Muzaffarpur, Nawada, Patna, Purnea,
Samastipur, Sasaram, Sitamarhi, Siwan and Supaul
Ambikapur, Bilaspur, Durg, Janjgir, Korba, Raigarh, Raipur and Rajnandgaon
Chandigarh

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Delhi / New Delhi Delhi / New Delhi
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Goa Silvassa
Gujarat
Haryana Mapusa and Margao
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu & Kashmir Ahmedabad, Amreli, Anand, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Gandhidham,
Jharkhand Gandhinagar, Godhra, Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Mehsana, Nadiad,
Karnataka Navsari, Palanpur, Porbandar, Rajkot, Surat, Surendranagar, Vadodara and Vapi
Ambala, Bahadurgarh, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jind,
Kerala Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Narnaul, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat
Madhya Pradesh and Yamuna nagar
Hamirpur, Kangra, Mandi, Shimla, Solan and Una
Maharashtra
Jammu and Srinagar
Meghalaya
Bokaro Steel City, Deoghar, Dhanbad, Dumka, Giridih, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur,
Ramgarh and Ranchi
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
Adoor, Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kalpetta, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kollam
(quilon), Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram and
Thrissur
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
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
Shillong

Manipur Imphal

Nagaland Dimapur

Odisha Angul, Balangir, Balasore, Bargarh, Berhampur (brahmapur), Bhadrak,
Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Jeypore, Jharsuguda, Kendrapara,
Andaman and Keonjhar, Puri, Rayagada, Rourkela and Sambalpur
Nicobar Islands Port Blair
Puducherry
Punjab Puducherry
Rajasthan
Amritsar, Bathinda, Ferozepur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mandi
Sikkim Gobindgarh, Mansa, Pathankot, Patiala, Phagwara, Sangrur and Sri Muktsar Sahib
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
Gangtok

Tamil Nadu Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Hosur,
Kancheepuram, Karaikudi, Karur, Kumbakonam, Madurai, Nagapattinam,
Nagercoil, Namakkal, Ooty, Pudukkottai, Salem, Sivakasi, Theni, Tiruchirapalli,

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Tirunelveli, Tirupur, Tiruvallur, Tiruvannamalai, Tuticorin, Vellore and Villupuram

Telangana Adilabad, Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Mahabubnagar, Medak, Nalgonda
Tripura Nizamabad, Sangareddy, Shamshabad and Warangal

Agartala

Uttar Pradesh Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Amroha, Azamgarh, Badaun, Baghpat, Bahraich, Ballia,
Bareilly, Basti, Bhadohi, Bijnor, Bulandshahr, Deoria, Etah, Etawah, Faizabad,
Uttarakhand Firozabad, Ghaziabad, Ghazipur, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Hathras, Jaunpur, Jhansi,
West Bengal Kanpur, Kushinagar, Lakhimpur Kheri, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Mirzapur,
Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida, Pilibhit, Pratapgarh, Rae Bareli, Rampur,
Saharanpur, Shahjahanpur, Sonebhadra, Sultanpur and Varanasi
Almora, Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar, Kashipur and Kotdwar

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 on-
line 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}

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

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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 ₹ 1800/-
{Old and New Scheme} ₹ 3300/-

For Indian Centre(s) US$ 325
Single Group US$ 550
Both Groups
INR ₹ 2200
For Overseas Centre(s) – Excluding Kathmandu Centre INR ₹ 4000
Single Group ₹ 2000/-
Both Groups ₹ 2000/-

For Kathmandu Centre
Single Group
Both Groups

INSURANCE & RISK MANAGEMENT (IRM)
INTERNATIONAL TAXATION – ASSESSMENT TEST

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)

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