NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday called on Infosys, the technology provider of the defective income tax portal, to fix all the problems before September 15, conveying the “deep disappointment and concerns ”of the government and taxpayers for the failure of the company problems even two and a half months after the launch of the platform.
During his meeting with Salil Parekh, CEO of Infosys, Sitharaman voiced his displeasure, and now the company’s company realized the seriousness the center was taking on the problem, a source said. YOU. The point in government is that Infosys was moving to eliminate problems at a very slow pace, which it had also done with GST Network, where it managed to take time out of government.
At the time, Infosys chairman Nandan Nilekani had been asked to explain the issues at a meeting of the GST Council, the most powerful group made up of state and Union finance ministers.
“The message seems to have finally sunk in,” an official said as the FM on Monday asked the IT company for an explanation of the repeated issues taxpayers, tax professionals and officials had. Separately, the company was also unable to provide a smooth transition to an updated MCA-21, a platform for corporate files and databases, and had even been convened.
“The Ministry of Finance emphasized the need to devote more resources and efforts to Infosys in order to ensure the very late delivery of the agreed services. Parekh was also made aware of the difficulties that taxpayers had and the problems that occur in due to delays in the operation of the portal, “the finance ministry said on Monday.
Parekh had been “summoned” to the ministry after the income tax portal was closed for maintenance. Although Infosys on Saturday said it was a planned maintenance, on Sunday, the Income Tax department made an exception amid several complaints.
During his meeting with Salil Parekh, CEO of Infosys, Sitharaman voiced his displeasure, and now the company’s company realized the seriousness the center was taking on the problem, a source said. YOU. The point in government is that Infosys was moving to eliminate problems at a very slow pace, which it had also done with GST Network, where it managed to take time out of government.
At the time, Infosys chairman Nandan Nilekani had been asked to explain the issues at a meeting of the GST Council, the most powerful group made up of state and Union finance ministers.
“The message seems to have finally sunk in,” an official said as the FM on Monday asked the IT company for an explanation of the repeated issues taxpayers, tax professionals and officials had. Separately, the company was also unable to provide a smooth transition to an updated MCA-21, a platform for corporate files and databases, and had even been convened.
“The Ministry of Finance emphasized the need to devote more resources and efforts to Infosys in order to ensure the very late delivery of the agreed services. Parekh was also made aware of the difficulties that taxpayers had and the problems that occur in due to delays in the operation of the portal, “the finance ministry said on Monday.
Parekh had been “summoned” to the ministry after the income tax portal was closed for maintenance. Although Infosys on Saturday said it was a planned maintenance, on Sunday, the Income Tax department made an exception amid several complaints.