Biometric mobile atm at sivaganga

Finance minister's constituency gets its first 'rural' Atm courtesy Bank of India's new initiative.I have been a new entrant in using ATM's and i can tell you, that the process is intimidating the first few times.My bank has an ATM just outside their regular branch office and i used to slip into the usual routine of withdrawing cash from the bank teller, though the bank thrust an ATM card on me quite some months back(i never filled in multiple pages of information, but bank decided to go ahead with a free add on benefit without any request from me).
It was not until a few weeks ago i suddenly realised the need for cash while making purchases for the 'homam' for appa's sathabhishekam.Realised 'narayanan naatu marundu kadai' does not accept credit cards.Hence swooped to the nearest atm.That was my initiation;it had a few hiccups and the security guard and later the customer who was waiting for me to get out, helped me complete the process satisfactorily.
The long story is to tell you that it takes a while to adopt to the simplest technology as it represents a change ; and when there is a need and there are no alternatives then we adopt the change, with a little prodding,a helping hand, maybe.
Hence when ATMs are introduced in rural pockets, pin numbers are dispensed with and a biometric identification is installed. Very innovative.Kisan credit/debit cards will be used in these atms and i am sure our rural folk will find out how to go about using these facilities.
I remember sometime back when M S Swaminathan started a rural initiative to empower them with technology,the alacrity with which they adopted to the same was shown in a video presentation.It was most endearing.I realised then that our rural people will use anything which will make their life better and catch any straw which will raise them above their present condition.There was this girl, just out of 12th standard who was managing a pc booth and charging for taking photographs from the webcam!The entire village lined up for this facility!I am sure this was not the most important application that the developers thought of, but the users got from the device what they want.
Coming back to the subject;"To bank the unbanked", says Bank of India's advertisement.I see a future where the rural populace embrace technology and reap the benefits that the same will bring to the fullest measure.