ICAI postpones May 9-14 CA exams 2025 amid escalating India-Pakistan conflict

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) on Thursday announced that it is postponing its CA exams nationwide as tension between India and Pakistan escalates.

Earlier, the exam was postponed for only 12 cities located in high-alert zones, witnessing intensified security, including full blackouts and movement restrictions. 

This comes as India thwarted Pakistan military's attempts to target military installations in border areas under Operation Sindoor.

CA Inter and CA Final May 2025 exams postponed nationwide, inlcuding high-alert zones like:

• Chandigarh
• Bhuj
• Jammu
• Srinagar
• Amritsar
• Bathinda
• Jalandhar
• Ludhiana
• Pathankot
• Bikaner
• Jodhpur
• Sri Ganganagar

Taking to Twitter (now X), the ICAI said, “Important Announcement-In view of the tense security situation in the Country, the remaining papers of CA Final, Intermediate & PQC Examinations [International Taxation–Assessment Test (INTT AT)] May 2025 from 9th May 2025 to 14th May 2025 stand postponed”

Earlier, Central Council Member CA Rohit Ruwatia Agarwal had said that the council has suggested to postpone the exam nationwide.

“We have suggested to the exam department to postpone all India. Waiting for the information from exam department. Let’s all work together to safeguard our nation,” he wrote.

Another senior member, CA Anupam Sharma, urged students to await official notifications.

Until when have the CA May 2025 exams been postponed?

Revised dates for the CA May 2025 exams have not been released yet. Students are suggested to await official notification for it.

“The revised dates will be announced in due course. The candidates are advised to stay in touch with the website of the institute, www.icai.org,” ICAI said in its latest tweet. 

Original CA May 2025 exam schedule:

CA Inter

Group I: May 3, 5, 7

Group II: May 9, 11, 14

CA Final

Group I: May 2, 4, 6

Group II: May 8, 10, 13

What is Operation Sindoor?

In retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack, Indian armed forces early Wednesday carried out missile strikes on terror targets including Bahawalpur, a stronghold of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terror group.

Indian Army said on Friday that all nefarious designs of Pakistan Army will be responded with force.

The statement comes hours after Indian armed forces launched a counter-offensive and ‘neutralised’ Pakistani drone and missile attacks targeting several military sites, including in Jammu, Udhampur and Pathankot.

This followed foiling similar bids across 15 places in northern and western regions of the country amid escalated India-Pakistan tensions after the deadly Pahalgam attack.