Fee concessions of ICAI

GAUTAM DEY (Be Patient, Live Life) (17309 Points)

27 June 2011

FEE CONCESSIONS OF ICAI

There is a provision of fee concession/exemption for different categories of students:

Fee Concession/Exemption for Differently abled student

Differently abled students are defined as:

(a) Blindness – “Blindness” refers to a condition where a person suffers from any of the following conditions, namely:

1. total absence of sight;

2. visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (snellen) in the better eye with correcting lenses; or

3. limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of 20 degree or worse.

(b) Low vision – “Low vision” means a person with impairment of visual functioning even after treatment or standard refractive correction but who uses or is potentially capable of using vision for the planning or execution of a tark with appropriate assistive device.

(c) Leprosy cured – “Leprosy cured” means any person who has been cured of leprosy but is

suffering from

1. loss of sensation in hands or feet as well as loss of sensation and paresis in the eye and eyelid

but with no manifest deformity;

2. manifest deformity and paresis but having sufficient mobility in their hands and feet to enable

them to engage in normal economic activity;

3. extreme physical deformity as well as advanced stage which prevents him from undertaking any gainful occupation, and the expression “leprosy cured” shall be constructed accordingly.

(d) Hearing impairment – “Hearing impairment” means loss of sixty decibels or more in the better ear in the conversational range of frequencies.

(e) Locomotors disability – “Locomotors disability” means disability of the bones, joints or muscles leading to substantial restriction of the movement of the limbs or any form of cerebral palsy.

(f) Permanent and total loss of voice.

(g) Any other physical disability which is not covered above, but permanently suffering from 50% or above, as the case may be, submit an application for consideration on case to case basis. A differently abled student has to submit a certificate of suffering from disability, certified by a physician/ surgeon/ oculist working in a Government hospital, as the case may be. Differently students, who are suffering from a disability as stated above, are eligible for full exemption from payment of registration and tuition fees at IPCC and Final levels.

Differently abled students are exempted from Orientation Programme

Differently abled Students, suffering from permanent disability of 50% or above are exempted from attending Orientation Programme. These students are also exempted from payment of fee related to Orientation Programme i.e. Orientation Programme registration fee of ` 1,000/- and course fee of Rs. 3,000/- for undergoing course.

Differently abled students are exempted from payment of ITT fee

Differently abled students, suffering from permanent disability of 50% or above are exempted from attending ITT classes, but they are required to self-study and pass two test papers specially designed for the purpose. These students are also exempted from payment of fee related to ITT i.e. registration fee of ` 2,000/- and course fee of ` 4,000/- for undergoing course.

Fee Concession/Exemption for Children of Military and Para military Forces

The children of military and para-military forces who are studying chartered accountancy course and who have lost either of their parents in action are exempted from payment of tuition and registration fees.

This concession of fees will be made available on production of necessary documents. Fee Concession/Exemption for Meritorious Students

First three rank holders of CPT will be granted full exemption from the payment of registration and tuition fees at the time of registration for IPCC including registration fee for 100 Hours Information Technology Training. Such fee exemption will be continued at the time of registration for Final Course provided the student passes both groups in IPCE in the first attempt.

In other words the first three rank holders of CPT need not pay the Final fee if they pass the IPCE in the first attempt.(SOURCE : www.icai.org)