Your phone bill and the cost of buying a new phone goes up from July. Find out how

Come July 1, you will have to spend more on your phone bills and to buy new mobile handsets as the government on Friday decided to impose on them goods & services tax (GST) of 18 per cent and 12 per cent, respectively, distressing the two industries worried about falling consumption and investments. Mobile users will have to shell out an extra Rs 30 if their monthly phone bill is Rs 1,000, as…