Salboni
| Salboni | |
|---|---|
| Town | |
  Salboni | |
| Coordinates: 22°38′N 87°11′E / 22.63°N 87.19°ECoordinates: 22°38′N 87°11′E / 22.63°N 87.19°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Medinipur |
| Elevation | 25 m (82 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 721147 |
| Telephone code | 03227 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jhargram |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Salboni |
| Website | www.salboni.co.in |
Salboni (also written as Salbani) is a town with a police station in Medinipur Sadar subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the location of a Reserve Bank of India currency printing press, and is the proposed site of a steel plant.
History
During World War II Salboni was the site of an air base of the Royal Air Force, then named RAF Salbani.[1][2]
Geography
Salboni is located at 22°36′N 87°11′E / 22.6°N 87.19°E.[3] It has an average elevation of 25 metres (85 feet). It is on NH 60.
Demographics
As per 2001 census, Salboni CD Block had a population of 165,193, out of which 84,247 were males and 80,946 were females. Growth of population in the 1991-2001 decade was 16.71 per cent.[4]
Economy
Proposed steel plant
JSW Steel signed a pact with West Bengal government on 11 January 2007 to set up a 10 million tonne steel plant in Salboni.[5] This will be the largest single investment in Bengal to this time. The plant will be established on a 5,000-acre (2023 hectare) plot. District magistrate B.P. Barat has stated that some 95% of the land for the Jindal project is fallow, barring a few acres in two mouzas, inhabited by tribals.[6]
The first phase of the steel project will need an investment of Rs. 15,000 crore that would include a 3-million tonne steel plant, a 600 MW captive power plant, an independent 1,000 MW power plant, development of coal mines and a berth in the Haldia port. The next two phases will need investment of Rs. 10,000 crore each to enhance steel production to 10 million tonnes. It will provide direct and indirect employment totalling 10,000.[5][7]
BRBNMPL Note Press
BRBNMPL (Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Pvt. Ltd.) was established by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as its wholly owned subsidiary on 3 February 1995 with a view to augmenting the production of bank notes in India to enable the RBI to bridge the gap between the supply and demand for bank notes in the country. The BRBNMPL has been registered as a Private Limited Company under the Companies Act 1956 with its Registered and Corporate Office situated at Bangalore. A press has been set up in the outskirts of Salboni Town. This is one of the four note presses all over India. Two under Security Printing and Minting Coroporation of India Limited (Central Govt)at Nashik, Maharastra and Dewas, Madyapradesh. Two under RBI subsidiary BRBNMPL at Mysore, Karnataka and Salboni, West Bengal. A township with high security has been set up around the note press at Salboni.
References
- ↑ Royal Air force – History of No. 356 Squadron
- ↑ 159 Squadron
- ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Salboni
- ↑ "Provisional population totals, West Bengal, Table 4, (erstwhile) Medinipur District". Census of India 2001. Census Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Hindu Business Line 12 January 2007
- ↑ The Telegraph, 23 December 2006
- ↑ The Telegraph, print edition, 11 January 2007, The Telegraph 12 January 2007
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