Section 8BPowers and functions of Committee

laying down of quality standards for kind or variety of silk-worm seed;

authorisation of silk-worm races and hybrids for commercial exploitation;

laying down of quality standards for production of silk-worm seeds;

laying down the conditions and requirements that have to be met out by the persons desirous of setting up facilities for production of silk-worm seeds or grain ages;

laying down the certification and silk-worm seed testing procedures for seeds sold by the registered producers;

undertaking the registration of silk-worm seed producers and dealers and controlling, supervising the inspection process to ensure adherence to the specified quality standards and seed certification requirements;

laying down the conditions and standards for export and import of silk-worm seed and adherence to them;

(viii) programming and planning of silk-worm seed production;

advising the Central Government and the State Governments on the matters aforesaid; and

such other matters connected and incidental to the production, supply, distribution, trade and commerce in silk-worm seed, as may be specified by regulations made by the Committee from time to time.