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Currency crunch: Of dry ATMs and 'demon' shivers

The government pegged the shortfall at Rs 45,000 crore, but an SBI report said it was Rs 70,000 crore.

Several states, such as Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, faced an acute currency crunch in recent weeks, with thousands of ATMs running dry-a throwback to the post-demonetisation days in 2016 when a severe scarcity of currency notes

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