E-mails helped I-T save â¹977 crore in postage costs in 5 yrs
The Income Tax Department saved â¹977.5 crore on postage cost in the last five years as it started sending more e-mails, government data showed. The number of emails sent to taxpayers in April-December 2017 was more than twice the number in 2013-14. In the last 8 years, the department sent 73.7 crore emails compared to about 4.2 crore speed posts.