Upgradation in computerization in Income Tax Dept.

Income Tax dept is in the job of massive upgradation. It has decided to consolidate it’s distributed databases in different locations into a central database. The central database is located at New Delhi. This will make it’s day to day activities simpler. The assesses will also be benefited like migration of PAN from one centre to another will be easier in the new system. The process of consolidation is already on and being carried on a phase by phase manner. More than half of the centres has already been consolidated and the whole exercise is likely to be completed by January next year.

 

They have also taken a significant step in networking. All Income Tax offices in the country is now going to be ON Line. The IT people will assess the returns with it’s Departmental software all over the country. M/s Bharti Airtel has been entrusted with the network expansion. The Dept has switched over from the state owned BSNL to Airtwl for this purpose. They will provide State of Art technology with a back up line in each location for uninterrupted service. Leased lines and VSAT technology for remote locations are being used for this purpose.

 

The Dept software for assessment – AST is also being upgraded to cope with the new envioronment. This exercise is being looked after by TCS. Greater security has been introduced in the system by providing RSA secure token to each user to prevent any unauthorized access to the sensitive data of the database.

 

Te whole system upgradation including supply of hardware is being provided by IBM. They will also manage the troubleshooting of the system in no time to enable the taxmen to focus on their job.