The Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAI) has decided to postpone the CA Foundation June 2021 exam in view of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The ICAI CA Foundation June 2021 exam was scheduled to be held on June 24, 26, 28, and 30. However, the exams will now be held in July.
ICAI CA Foundation Exam, June/ July 2021 will now be conducted on 24, 26, 28, and 30 July 2021.
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, ICAI has postponed released a notice to postpone the CA Foundation Exams 2021. "In view of the ongoing COVID-19 and in the interest of welfare & well-being of students and to mitigate their hardships, it has been decided to postpone the Chartered Accountants Foundation Examination. The said examinations will, now, be commenced from 24th July 2021 across the globe," reads the official notification.
The exam scheduled to begin from June 24 would now be conducted from July 24 instead. ICAI has also released revised schedules for the CA Final, Inter Examinations 2021, scheduled to begin from July 5.
CA Exam Dates 2021 – Revised Schedule for Foundation Course
Examination |
Exam Date (Revised) |
CA Foundation Course 2021 |
24th, 26th, 28th & 30th July 2021 |
As for Foundation, Paper 1 and 2 would be of 3 hours duration and would be conducted from 2 pm to 5 pm. Paper 3 and 4 of Foundation courses would be of 2 hours duration conducted on July 28 and July 30 from 2 pm to 4 pm.
The institute also said that it has decided to reopen the online window to change the examination city of CA exams. Students can change their exam city from 9 to 11 June on ICAI's website: icaiexam.icai.org.
ICAI conducted the online registration process for the CA Foundation Exam in the months of April and May.
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 the examination timing(s):
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 |
*In Paper 3 and 4 of the 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).
The Candidates are further advised to note the above and stay in touch with the website of the Institute, www.icai.org.
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