News digest: Financial package for farmers, new e-commerce policy, and more

Free crop insurance and tweaking the credit schemes are also being considered as part of the relief measures

Govt plans income support, free insurance for farmers
 
With the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in mind, the government is looking at a sort of income support scheme for farmers, along with tweaking some existing programmes, to make them more beneficial and improve their acceptability among growers. Read more

7 PSBs to get Rs 286 bn via recap bonds
 
Seven public sector banks (PSBs) will receive a capital infusion of Rs 286 billion through the upcoming tranche of recapitalisation bonds by the end of this month, a government official said on Thursday.