• Union Minister for Law & Justice, Communications and Electronics & IT, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, launched a e-filing portal of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) called ‘itat e-dwar’ .
• Digital India means empowering ordinary Indian with power of technology in order to bridge the digital divide between digital haves and digital have nots.
• As per the minister, data of more than 18 crore cases are available in National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG). He suggested to integrate cases of ITAT with NJDG.

About itat e-dwar’

• Itat e-dwar is a larger narrative of transformation that India is undergoing through digital medium. It will enable innovation & empowerment and open new avenues for growth.  This e-filing portal will enhance accessibility, accountability and transparency in working of ITAT. 
• It will result into economization of use of paper, savings in costs and rationalization of fixation of cases which in turn help in quicker disposal of cases.  It would help parties to file their Appeals, Miscellaneous Applications, documents, etc electronically.