The silence from the Finance Minister on 16th Sep 2021 and not giving any update to the nation on new tax portal assumes that all is not well with the current state of new tax portal after the deadline.
The proposed objectives of 1 day of return processing by CPC and 3 days of tax refund credit are still not met. If the government is using Rs 4242 crore of taxpayer money to build something new with the new objectives, it is the duty of elected government to monitor if the objectives are met?
Ideally, one gives a deadline say 15th Sep 2021, then it is the duty of that person to take stock of situation on 16th Sep 2021 and conduct press conference and update the nation what progress has been made and what is pending.
9.5 crore persons use new tax portal and there is no protest, no demand. Media is also not interested in the matter as the impact is only on 10 crore vs farmer protest of 70 crore.
Like the previously remade portals of IRCTC, new GST portal, remade UAN portal, the new income tax portal will continue to suffer for next 2 years or 3 years.