1) If you want to take admission in IPCC/CA Intermediate through Direct Entry Route after clearing Intermediate level of Institute of Company Secretaries of India or Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India then you will be required to Appear directly in CA Inter exams after completing 8 months of Study Period from the registration in Intermediate.
2) If you want to take admission in IPCC/CA Intermediate through Direct Entry Route after passing Graduation or Post Graduation, then you can register for CA Intermediate, but you will be eligible to give exams only after firstly completing 4 weeks training of ITOC and then registering in Articleship.
After completing 9 months of Articleship you will be allowed to give CA Inter exams.
Now coming to the current situation of Covid-19, the requirement to Complete 4 weeks ITOC training has been postponed to 31/10/2020. So you can register for Articleship online through ICAI SSP Portal, without completing ITOC training. But you will be required to complete ITOC training on or before 31/10/2020.
So, register for Intermediate, then register for Articleship, then complete ITOC Training on or before 31/10/2020, then after completing 9 months of Articleship appear in Intermediate Exams.
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