Senior officials of the Finance Ministry headed by Secretary, Revenue had a meeting with the Infosys team headed today on preparedness of e-filing website during the peak filing period. As briefed by Infosys, steps taken in this regard include augmentation of the technical infrastructure and setting up a dedicated war room to monitor the performance of the portal. Infosys assured about its preparedness to ensure a smooth filing season to instill confidence among the taxpayers.

As on 15th December, 3.59 crore Income Tax Returns have been filed on the new e-filing portal of the Department. The number of ITRs filed per day has crossed 6 lakh and is increasing every day as the extended due date of 31st December is approaching.

Around 3.11 crore returns have been e-verified, out of which more than 2.69 crore are through Aadhaar based OTP.