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No ATM refill in cities after 9 pm, 6 pm deadline for villages, says govt

Two armed guards and a driver in each van must be trained to 'disengage with the situation and drive vehicle to safety' in case of an attack, a home ministry official said

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The new standard operating procedures have proposed a cash van cannot carry more than Rs 5 crore per trip

Press Trust of India New Delhi
Concerned over incidents of attack on cash carrying vans, the government has proposed that ATMs should not be replenished with cash after 9 pm in cities and private cash transportation agencies must collect money from the banks in the first half of the day, officials said.

The deadline for putting money in the ATMs in rural areas would be 6 pm, and 4 pm in Naxal-affected districts. Also, specially designed cash vans, fitted with CCTVs and GPS, must not carry more than Rs 5 crore per trip.

Two armed guards and a driver in each van must be

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