The GST Council increasing the mobile telephone taxation rate last month from 12 percent to 18 percent. The increased GST pressure on mobile telephones has now been introduced, meaning that the cost of telephones is also up. Manu Kumar Jain of Xiaomi India MD carried Twitter declaring an immediate rise in the company's telephone prices in India. The price rise is to be observed in the full portfolio of the business offered in India for Mi, Redmi and Poco-branded telephones. In Jain's tweet, Xiaomi follows the rule that its hardware products are not profitable by more than 5 percent, but the rise in the GST rate left the company no option but to raise its telephone prices in India. We have contacted Xiaomi in relation to the price rise on all the phones it sells and when we hear it, we will update it. As of today, Flipkart already reveals the improved pricing structure. The Poco X2 , which previously cost Rs. 16,999 in 6 GB + 128 GB, has now applied for Rs. 17,99