Hundreds of social workers and volunteers are working round the clock, providing essentials to those affected by the unprecedented rainfall
"To implement all these security, software-hardware directive would entail an additional cost of minimum Rs 150,000 per ATM per month. This works out to astronomical figures for all the 238,000 ATMs in the country," Balasubramanian pointed out.
However, to adequately cater to the entire country's population, the need is almost three-four times more, or around a million ATMs, says CATMi.
Of these (238,000 ATMs), nearly 80 percent are located in urban or semi-urban areas and the rest in rural areas.
India has among the lowest ATM penetration globally, averaging 8.9 ATMs per 100,000 population, compared to Brazil's 119.6, Thailand's 78, South Africa's 60 and Malaysia's 56.4.
China has a staggering one million ATMs, which will touch 1.5 million by 2020.
Hundreds of social workers and volunteers are working round the clock, providing essentials to those affected by the unprecedented rainfall
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