CA (India) — Chartered Accountant (India)

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India. Statutory body under the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949. Foundation, Intermediate and Final exams with articleship training; only ICAI members can sign statutory audit reports in India. icai.org homepage loads (200) and links to a 'Chartered Accountancy Course' category page, confirming the CA India programme is still active and structured around Foundation/Intermediate/Final + articleship. Could not extract a specific INR fee table via automated fetch (fees live on deeper student-portal pages).

Issuer
ICAI (Institute of Chartered Accountants of India)
Industry
Finance & Accounting
Domain
Accounting & Chartered Qualifications
Level
Expert
Exam fee
INR registration and exam fees per level (tens of thousands of INR in total)

Prerequisites & eligibility

Experience: Articleship (practical training) of 2 years under a practising CA, plus ICAI ICITSS/AICITSS courses

Training: Accredited degree or foundation route into the body's professional programme

Renewal & maintenance

Valid for 1 year, 40 CPD credits per cycle. Renew by cpd.

Annual CPD declaration and membership subscription (hours/structure set by the body; typically ~40 hours or output-based)

Recognition

National chartered/CPA designation – legally recognised in its jurisdiction

Related certifications

Career paths that include CA (India)

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