Cash withdrawal still high across the country, more ATMs functioning

According to the officials, Rs 65-70 billion was the average cash withdrawn from ATMs per day

Cash withdrawal continued to remain higher than usual in the past three days across the country even as more automated teller machines (ATMs) started dispensing cash.
 

On Wednesday, citizens withdrew Rs 98.1 billion from all the ATMs in the country – a 16 per cent jump from the Rs 84.7 billion withdrawn on Tuesday — a day when the Union government and the RBI said the cash crunch situation would be eased by printing more notes. Cash withdrawal from ATMs stood at Rs 66.6 billion on April 16, according to data reviewed by Business Standard.

Officials said Rs 65-70 billion