In accordance to the Guidelines for Compulsory Attendance of Professional Development Programmes by Members, which were noti

PROGRAMME CREDIT HOURS RELATING TO PREVIOUS BLOCK OF THREE YEARS EFFECTIVE FROM 1.4.2006

In accordance to the Guidelines for Compulsory Attendance of Professional Development Programmes by Members, which were notified and came into effect from January 1, 2008 every PCS is required to secure 12 Programme Credit Hours in one year or 40 Programme Credit Hours in a block of three years by attending approved learning programmes.

As per earlier guidelines a PCS was to secure 6 programme credit hours in a year or 20 programme credit hours for a block of three years. However effective from 1^st April, 2007, it was mandatory for all PCS to secure 12 Program Credit Hours (PCH) in a year or 40 Program Credit Hours in a block of 3 years by attending approved learning programes.

The Council of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India has decided that “The block of three years as per new notified guidelines is from 1.1.08 to 31.12.10 and accordingly every Member in Practice is thereby required to secure 12 Programme Credit Hours in one year or 40 Programme Credit Hours in a Block of three years by attendance of approved learning programmes.

The Council further decided that the Members who were practicing prior to 1.1.2008 had to secure 6 programme credit hours for the period 1.4.06 to 31.3.07 (one year) and 9 programme credit hours for the period 1.4.07 to 31.12.07 ( 9 months ) as per earlier guidelines.”