Any improvement in ITR processing time now?

As of the current year (2025), the Income Tax Department has implemented various measures to improve the processing time, such as the use of technology and automation. However, the exact processing time can still vary. 

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After carefully observing various ITRs that I have filed for myself and my family members over last 2 – 3 years, I think every ITR is first processed within 1 – 2 days of filing but taxpayer has no visibility into this. The status only shows Under Processing.

Now if all data in both sides 100% match then they finalize the processing and quickly release the intimation within 1 - 2 days.

If data does not match (It may not be taxpayers’ fault) then they take it up again for further processing and then it can take anywhere between a few weeks to 2 – 3 months before it’s finalized. What checks do they do is not known but then it takes its own time.

e.g. in one case let’s say the saving account interest as calculated by summing all values from statements of all accounts is say 12000 INR and same is mentioned in ITR but their form 26as only shows 8000 INR (may be it's yet to be fully updated) now the two sides don’t match. Now they take up further processing and one has to wait.