Important Announcement by ICAI on COVID 19

As you all know the whole world is undergoing a dangerous war against COVID 19, all government bodies are taking initiatives to help and regulate workings in its own way, ICAI recently gave relaxation to students going under articleship by allowing these days of lockdown as countable days of their articleship period. The official announcement of ICAI goes as under:

COVID -19: Important Announcement 

The ICAI (Institute) has been closely watching the situation arising out of the spread of Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 and the current stage is where the lockout has resulted in the closure of offices and bare minimum articleship training work being made feasible through online means. We are all aware that until further orders, such restrictions are going to continue till 14th April 2020.

Those who are already registered and undergoing articled training, are hereby informed that the period of absence arising out of said lockdown due to COVID -19 pandemic shall not be counted for the purposes of deduction of any leaves, meaning thereby that such period shall be counted as being on articleship training for the period aforesaid. Accordingly, the students who are already undergoing articled training and are appearing for May 2020 and subsequent examinations need not worry on this count for loss of any period not served during the above lockdown.

Further, to ease out the situation at both the ends, matters related to timing and manner of payment of stipend in the intervening period arising out of the lockdown, maybe mutually decided between the principal and the article assistant.

Announcement Link: https://resource.cdn.icai.org/58827covid-19icai.pdf

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