New Delhi: The government pays Rs 164.5 Crore to Infosys to build a new income tax e-filing portal between January 2019 and June 2021, Parliament received information on Monday.
“Contracts for e-filing projects & integrated centralized processing centers (CPC 2.0) are awarded through open tenders published in the Central Public Procurement Portal (CPPP) to Infosys Ltd, the service provider is managed with the lowest cost base.” From January 2019 to June 2021, the total amount paid to Infosys is RS 164.5 Crore under this project, “The State Minister for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said in a written reply to Lok Sabha.
He said the Union cabinet on January 16, 2019, gave his approval This on the expenditure of Rs 4,241.97 Crore for a period of 8.5 years, including payments to the managed service provider (MSP), GST, rent, shipping costs and project management costs.
On June 7 this year, the government launched the new tax revenue e- Archiving as part of a centralized e-filing project and centered processing center Technical in functionality.
“Infosys have recognized technical problems in FU NGSI Portal.
The income tax department is constantly involved with infosys to accelerate the resolution of a delayed problem.
The project is regulated by contracts between the Department of Income Tax and Infosys Ltd.
In connection with any disturbance that has an impact on the terms and conditions of the contract, “said Minister.
He further said Infosys had notified that the technical issues considered in the portal function were constantly resolved.
Some of the initial problems experienced by taxpayers regarding the slowness of the portal, non-availability of certain functions or technical problems in the function have been mitigated.
The tax department takes corrective steps through infosys based on feedback from taxpayers, tax professionals and representatives of the Institute of Chartered Accounts of India (ICAI), added Chaudhary.
The government pays Rs 164.5Cr to InfoSys for the new I-T portal: MOS Finance
