With the new IT portal of the Income Tax Department being ‘unavailable’ for the last two days, Infosys said late Sunday evening that its emergency maintenance has been completed and it is now available.
New Delhi: The government has taken strict steps on the problems being faced by the Income Tax Department in the portal. With the new IT portal of the Income Tax Department being ‘unavailable’ for the last two days, Infosys said late Sunday evening that its emergency maintenance has been completed and it is now available. Earlier, the Finance Ministry has summoned Salil Parekh, managing director and CEO of portal maker Infosys, on Monday. Also Read: MP Weather Alert: 42% in 12 districts, up to 18% less rain in 19 districts
Parekh has been asked to appear before Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The new income tax filing portal www.incometax.gov.in developed by Infosys was launched on 7 June. There are problems with the portal since the beginning. Users are constantly complaining that either the portal is not available or is working very slowly. In a tweet made by the Income Tax Department, it was told that the portal is not available since Saturday.
The portal started working properly from Sunday evening,
the Twitter handle of Infosys India’s business unit ‘Infosys India Business’ tweeted on Sunday evening that the emergency maintenance work of the Income Tax Department’s portal has been completed and now this portal Available again. We are sorry for the inconvenience caused to the taxpayers.
Finance Minister questioned
summoned to be noted that major Infosys Managing Director and CEO of the Information Technology sector make Portal Ministry of Finance between the problems continue in portal Salil Parekh said. Parekh has been asked to appear before Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. He will have to tell the Finance Minister why even after two months, the problems persist on the portal and why are they not being resolved?
