Set right I-T portal by Sept 15, FM tells Infosys

New Delhi, August 23

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday set September 15 as the deadline for Infosys CEO Salil Parekh to set right the glitches faced by taxpayers in accessing the new income tax portal.

Sitharaman had summoned Parekh for the meeting at which she expressed the government’s “deep disappointment and concern’’ about the continuing glitches in the e-filing portal of the Income Tax Department even after two and a half months of its launch, stated an official news release.

Sitharaman sought an explanation from the Infosys CEO for the repeated issues faced by taxpayers. In response, Parekh said over 750 people were working on the project and Infosys COO Pravin Rao was personally overseeing this project.

In a meeting with Finance Ministry officials, Parekh was told to put in more resources. He was also sensitised on the difficulties that the taxpayers were facing and the problems that were arising on account of the delays in the functioning of the portal. — TNS