The Reading portion is 60 minutes long for both the IELTS

Academic and General Training exams.

For the IELTS Academic exam, there are Three long reading
passages with tasks.
For the IELTS Academic exam ,

 texts range from descriptive and factual to the discursive

and analytical
 includes non-verbal material such as diagrams, graphs or
illustrations.
 Texts are authentic (e g taken from books journals and
newspapers)
There are three sections on reading part of the General Training
exam.

 In the first section, there are two or three short texts.

 In the second section, there are two short, work-related
texts.
 In the final section, constains one longer text on a topic of
general interest.
 the texts are authentic; taken from books, newspapers,
company handbooks, etc. (for the General Training exam).
The Writing section is 60 minutes for both the IELTS Academic
and General Training exams.
Each includes two tasks: Task 1 is a minimum 150 words and
Task 2 is a minimum 250 words.
For the IELTS Academic exam,

 Task 1 is Writing task of at least 150 words where the

candidate must summarise, describe or explain a table,
graph chart or diagram.
  Task 2 is a short essay task of at least 250 words.
For the General Training exam,

 Task 1 is writing a letter

 Task 2 is an essay.