Find out the appropriate words and fill blank (v).

Directions: In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered.

Regulatory commissions must be __(i)__ but also be accountable to some authority. The packing of regulatory commissions with retired or retiring government employees has skewed membership to __(ii)__ men with administrative experience but __(iii)__ management skills. Nor __(iv)__ there a managerial mindset in state electricity enterprises. Governments have done nothing to correct this.
The electricity system in India is today a heavy __(v)__ on society, on state government finances and an __(vi)__ to growth and social justice. __(vii)__ of perennial debates and reversals, the government must keep reiterating policies and aggressively __(viii)__ them. Electricity Regulatory Commissions (ERCs) along with central and state governments must __(ix)__ support and implement the Act, effectively monitor the policies, __(x)__ stronger incentives and penalties to make State Electricity Boards (SEBs) more enterprising and professional.