The government on July 4 appointed over 200 senior Central government officers to monitor district-level implementation of Goods and Service Tax with a focus on resolving difficulties faced by consumers. For this purpose, each district of the country is turned into 166 clusters, aligning them with the administrative divisions of the central revenue department, a government notification issued on Tuesday said Each of these districts has been assigned to officers of joint secretary and above rank. The officers have been asked to monitor the availability of essential commodities and retail price trends. They will monitor implementation of GST in the allocated districts which will include registration of traders, display of tax rates in shops, awareness camps and publicity, GSTN functioning, proper billing in shops etc. "Specific instances of price rise have to be reported in real time to consumer affairs and revenue department," the notification said. They have been asked to report sector-specific tax rate related issues to the revenue department They will obtain feedback from consumer associations, individual consumers, business associations, district administration etc on a daily basis. The officers will activate and utilize channels of feedback such as call centers, web portals, video conferences, social media etc. They will monitor calibration of billing software by traders, with a special focus on accounting and billing systems of the public sector undertakings.