Bharti Airtel Wins CBDT Contract for Taxnet-2.0 Network Solutions
Jul 18, 2024 22:13
Bharti Airtel has secured a multi-year contract from the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to provide network solutions for Taxnet-2.0, a program aimed at modernizing direct tax operations.
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on Thursday signed a multi-year contract with telecom major Bharti Airtel, under which the latter will provide network and connectivity solutions for CBDT's Taxnet-2.0 programme.
This contract is an extension as Airtel has been the network partner to CBDT since 2008 in Taxnet-1.0.
"The formal Letter of Award was handed over to Bharti Airtel by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and the Letter of Acceptance has been given by Bharti Airtel to CBDT. The occasion was graced by Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder and Chairman, Bharti Enterprises, and Mr Ravi Agarwal, Chairman, CBDT," Airtel said in a statement.
Airtel will provide robust dual connectivity with Software Defined Network for WAN, and Secure LAN amongst other technology solutions for CBDT's Taxnet-2.0 programme, which aims to modernise the current system for collection, processing, monitoring and accounting of direct taxes, it said.
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