A stern deadline from the FM for tech giant Infosys to fix the glitches plaguing the Income Tax website. Two meetings were held with Infosys MD & CEO Salil Parekh and other Infosys representatives in North Block Monday after the portal was unavailable for two consecutive days.
Infosys CEO met with Finance Minister and then had a second meeting with the tax department officials as well. Ministry of Finance emphasised that there is a need for putting in more resources and efforts on the part of Infosys so that the much delayed delivery of agreed services is ensured,” it said. Infosys COO stated that a team of over 750 members is working on making the tax website error free as soon as possible.
The new tax portal was launched on June 7 and started to face issues within hours of its launch. Tax payers have faced hurdles in Aadhaar validation but are also now facing errors in interest calculation, capturing of details from Form 16.