"Micro ATMs would particularly help address the problems that people are facing in rural and semi-urban areas, where the ATM netwo

rk is not as strong currently", Department of Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das.   There are about 201861 ATMs in India, according to RBI data. Of these, 1,03,282 are onsite and 98,

579 offsite. But for the cash starved citizens, this is not enough. Filling up ATMs has been affected because bank staff are under pressure . It is taking far longer to get money for loading and carrying to ATMs. Technical changes for recalibration involved software as well as hardware work. More than 1,000 professionals are on the job.  Similar to bank ATMs,