FM Nirmala Sitharaman urges the Infosys team to look into the new E-Filing Portal Issues



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The new e-filing portal, launched on 7th June 2021, has faced significant technical issues, with many taxpayers reporting crashes and unavailability of services on its first day. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has publicly urged Infosys and its co-founder Nandan Nilekani to address these taxpayer grievances and glitches. Nandan Nilekani has assured that the technical problems are being investigated and will be resolved shortly, emphasising that ease of compliance for taxpayers is a priority.

The new E-Filing Portal was launched by the Government on 7th June 2021 and although various new functionalities have been made available to the taxpayers, it has been reported by most of them that the portal has crashed on day 1 and services are not available to the taxpayers. Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman also took to her Twitter handle to request the entire Infosys Team and Co-Founder Nandan Nilekani to look into the grievances of the taxpayers and glitches on the functioning of
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FAQ :

Taxpayers are reporting that the portal has crashed on its first day and that services are not available.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has urged the entire Infosys team and Co-Founder Nandan Nilekani to look into the issues.

The new e-filing portal was launched on 7th June 2021.

Yes, Co-Founder Nandan Nilekani has assured that all technical glitches are being looked into and will be resolved soon.

The Finance Minister stated that ease in compliance for the taxpayer should be the priority.




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