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 |
| Foundation | Paper 1 & 2 | 2 PM to 5 PM | 3 Hours |
| 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.
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)
Source: ICAI