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Ranchi: Jharkhand will become the first state to introduce micro ATM services in its post offices. The micro ATMs have been endowed with a bio-metric scanner, 2D scanner, camera, printer and a card swipe machine. "If the plan is successful, 1,30,000 such machines will be installed in post offices across the country." However, a direct link to CBS will ensure that problems do not arise in micro ATMs. "After the machines have been set up in all the village post offices, 85% of the rural areas in Jharkhand will become truly cashless in a month..