The Council of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India has decided to reduce the number of elective papers of Professional Programme (New Syllabus – 2017) and to discontinue the following three Elective Papers/subjects from Module III of Professional Programme (New Syllabus – 2017) with effect from December, 2020 examination:
(i) Forensic Audit (444)
(ii) Direct Tax Law and Practice (445)
(iii) Valuations and Business Modelling (447)
The Council of the Institute also decided that the following five elective papers/subjects shall only be included in Module – III of Professional Programme (New Syllabus 201 7) with effect from December, 2020 examination:
(i) Banking -.Law and Practice (441)
(ii) Insurance – Law and Practice (442)
(iii) Intellectual Property Rights – Laws and Practices (443)
(iv) Labour Laws and Practice (446)
(v) Insolvency – Law and Practice (448)
Therefore, the students registered under Professional Programme (New Syllabus) are required to select one elective paper/subject from the among the above mentioned five elective papers/subjects in Module – III of Professional Programme (New Syllabus 201 7) with effect from December, 2020 examination.
Source: https://www.icsi.edu/media/webmodules/Announcement_210520.pdf
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