It was always in doubt whether four year course like B.tech/B.E/B.Pharm are equivalent to MSc or not. In a recent advancement   B.Pharm is now equated to M.Sc by CSIR-UGC and the students with Bachelor in Pharmacy can appear & qualify UGC_CSIR NET examination without going for M.Pharm. Those who qualified NET can join PhD in any CSIR lab like CDRI, NBRI, IITR, CIMAP, IHBT, IICT, IICB etc or from any university. for more detail visit TO given link and download the revised eligibility criteria for CSIR UGC NET. LINK- "http://csirhrdg.res.in" or "http://203.199.141.241/jrf/online/index.jsp"

Well, government not issued any separate notification about same except UGC Cair net notification.