New Delhi, March 10 -- The manufacture, sale and distribution of drugs are regulated in the country under the provisions of Drugs & Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Rules thereunder through a system of licensing and inspection, an official release from Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.

As per information received from various States/Union Territories Drugs Controllers (SDCs), number of drug samples reported Not of Standard Quality/spurious/adulterated by the States/UTs Drugs Controller during the last five years is as follows:

In the financial year 2020-21, a total of 84,874 drug samples were tested, of which 2,652 were declared Not of Standard Quality (NSQ) and 263 were found spurious or adulterated. In 2021-22, 88,844 samples were te...