Monsanto House of Lords, stated that all information relating to the matter would be "kept secret". During the 24 months prior to the 1997 British election Monsanto representatives had 22 meetings at the departments of Agriculture and the Environment. Stanley Greenberg, an election advisor to Tony Blair, later worked as a Monsanto consultant. Former Labour spokesperson David Hill, became Monsanto's media adviser at the lobbying firm Bell Pottinger. The Labour government was challenged in Parliament about "trips, facilities, gifts and other offerings of financial value provided by Monsanto to civil servants", but only acknowledged that Department of Trade and Industry had
Electricity sector in India Board, Kerala State Electricity Board, and Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited. India's Ministry of Power administers Rural Electrification Corporation Limited and Power Finance Corporation Limited. These central government owned public sector enterprises provide loans and guarantees for public and private electricity sector infrastructure projects in India. Without the realistic assessment of required capacity addition, every major bank, whether in public or private sector, has encouraged the businessmen to install thermal power plants by offering substantial loans at 75% of over estimated costs on overrated plant capacities (literally loan more than 100% of actual project cost) which has led to stranded