He stressed that people should always insist on proper bill while buying medicines as this is the best method to curb the market of illicit drugs.

Wakankar, whose association claims support of 650 pharma manufacturers, said, "High figures of such products being available in the market is false MNC propaganda for obvious reasons.

The harshest punishment should be given out to perpetrators of such crimes but then it is not fair to say that Indian pharma manufacturing system is flawed."

But on condition of anonymity many officials acknowledged the presence of such drugs and said the revenue from the same would run into crores of rupees even if 'it not as high as it is made out to be'.

Image: People should always insist on proper bill while buying medicine.