Glitches in the New IT Portal expected to be solved in 2-3 weeks - FM



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The Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, has announced that technical glitches affecting the new Income Tax Portal are expected to be resolved within the next two to three weeks. Launched on 7th June 2021, the portal has experienced numerous issues since its introduction. The Minister has previously urged Infosys and its co-founder Nandan Nilekani to address these taxpayer grievances.

Asian News International (ANI), on 16th August 2021 tweeted from their official Twitter handle that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has committed to fixing all technical glitches on the New Income tax Portal in the next 2-3 weeks. 

Read the official Tweet below:

Asian News International (ANI), on 16th August 2021 tweeted from their official Twitter handle that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has committed that all the glitches on the new Income Tax Portal are expected to be fixed entirely in the next 2-3 weeks

Background

The New Income tax Portal was unveiled by FM Nirmala Sitharaman on 7th June 2021, with the aim of providing taxpayer convenience and a modern, seamless experience to taxpayers. However, since then, several glitches have been reported on the portal. Click here to read an overview of the major glitches. Later on, the FM 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 the website. However, taxpayers continued to face issues and technical glitches and till now, no relief has been provided in this regard.

FAQ :

The Finance Minister has committed to resolving all technical glitches on the new Income Tax Portal within the next 2-3 weeks.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the timeline for fixing the portal issues.

The new Income Tax Portal was launched on 7th June 2021.

The aim of the new Income Tax Portal was to provide taxpayer convenience and a modern, seamless experience.

Yes, the Finance Minister took to Twitter 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 the website.




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