Monsanto widespread unrest and farmer suicides. Monsanto was one focus of protests with respect to the price and yields of Bt seed. In 2005, the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee, the Indian regulatory authority, released a study on field tests of certain Bt cotton strains in AP and ruled that Monsanto could not market those strains in AP because of poor yields. At about the same time, the state agriculture minister barred the company from selling Bt cotton seed, because Monsanto refused a request by the state government to provide pay about Rs 4.5 crore (about one million US$) to indebted farmers
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