Keeping close watch on price, supply of goods after GST roll-out: Adhia

Close to 202,000 new entities have registered under the GST Network

The government is closely monitoring the price and supply situation in the markets and has deployed 175 senior officers to ensure a smooth transition to the goods and services tax (GST), Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia told the media on Tuesday.

“We are keeping an eye on the prices and supply of essential and daily-use items, in particular,” he said, adding, “Not a single incident of hindrance in the implementation of the GST has been reported since its roll-out.”

As many as 175 officers of the ranks of joint secretary and additional secretary have been given the charge of four-to-five districts each to