Imagine administering a paracetamol tablet to a near and dear one who is down with fever only to find that the medicine is having no effect. This scenario sounds scary, but it could be actually be happening to a lot of people as it has been recently revealed that about 20 per cent drugs sold in India are fake. As per ASSOCHAM’s estimation, the market for spurious drugs in India is growing by 25 per cent each year.

 

Infact the latest figures released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's state that almost 75 per cent of fake drugs exported the world over accrue from India. The emerging picture of the spurious drugs market in India has put the drug controller general's office on alert, which is now planning to undertake the world’s biggest ever study to determine the size of this deadly domain. The study of Indian spurious medicine market is scheduled to kick off soon. It will be headed by drug controller general of India, Surinder Singh and should continue for about six months.