'You don't raise taxes to get out of demand slowdown' — Pronob Sen and Haseeb Drabu on govt move to raise GST rates Updated : December 11, 2019 07:46 PM IST It is not a good idea to have tax effects as a part of the CPI because these are one-offs, they are not trendsetters, says Sen. Drabu says the GST Council has not functioned as it had in the beginning when the entire architecture was laid out. Published : December 11, 2019 07:46 PM IST