With regard to payment of service tax under the NJRS project, it is clarified that Service Tax will be payable by the ITD, as per the prevailing rates, on the invoice raised by the IA as per the payment schedule given at section 2.1.3 , Vol II of the RFP.

Service tax liability clarified: payable by IT department on invoices issued under the project's RFP payment schedule. Service tax liability under the NJRS project is allocated to the ITD, which must pay service tax at prevailing rates on invoices submitted by the Implementing Agency, with payment responsibility tied to the contractual payment schedule referenced in the RFP.