The functions, duties and powers of the Central Market Monitoring Committee shall be as follows:
(a) to take necessary initiative to make the goods or services easily available, by identifying their shortage seen in the market,
(b) to monitor and supervise regarding the supply system, price, weight, quality, purity etc. of the goods or services in the market,
(c) to make recommendation of the procedures of operation of market monitoring, monitoring team and consumers organizations and institutions,
(d) to maintain coordination in the functions of the Market Monitoring Team and Local Monitoring Committee,
(e) to give necessary directives to the bodies that protect the rights and interests of the consumers and law enforcement bodies in order to make market monitoring effective,
(f) to set up the Consumers Information Center,
(g) to form committees or sub-committees as necessary,
(h) to perform such other functions as prescribed.