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	Navaratnas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Navaratnas (Sanskrit dvigu nava-ratna- "nine gems") was a term applied to a group of nine extraordinary people in a king's court in India.
		Ashtapradhan was the title given to the council of Shivaji.
		Also, the term Navaratnas is used to refer the nine planetary gems.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Navaratnas (192 words)

	• Smycken Navaratnas Navratnas Smycke Nav-ratna (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This combination of gems is considered to be highly auspicious for the wearer and is belived to act as a protection against danger,disease and provide a total rounded protection barrier for the wearer.
		An Navaratna can be worn by both men and women and can also be made,set in Gold,in slightly different designs but the overall design is almost allways the same.
		While a real Navaratna made according to the rules in the Ancient scriptures (like : high carats gems,according to some at least 3 carats,and with an opening at the back so that gems touch the skin) will be very expensive and is out of reach for most people.
	www.rudraksha-center.com /gems.htm (8961 words)

	The Hindu : Opinion / News Analysis : Navaratnas, Left and disinvestment
		The spat between the Left and the UPA in general and the Congress in particular has come to the fore, with the Communists announcing that they were not going to attend the UPA coordination committee meeting over the disinvestments of navaratnas.
		The current well-intentioned UPA Government is buckling under, and planning to disinvest in the profit-making navaratnas.
		It may not be far-fetched for the private investors who have their foot in, thanks to the UPA Government, to break the door open easily in the future, when someone not so people-friendly and socially oriented as the Congress is in the Government.
	www.hindu.com /2005/06/30/stories/2005063004681100.htm (741 words)

	TheUrbanIndian.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The jewels originally were encrusted with rubies, emeralds and diamonds or with navaratnas or nine gemstones.
		The choodamani, which is worn at the back of the head and surrounded by flowers, is round and was earlier inlaid with rubies or with the navaratnas.
		The two small ornaments on either side of the parting in the shape of the sun and the moon signify that the beauty and grace of these celestial objects have descend-ed on the dancer.
	www.theurbanindian.com /ur/default2.asp?active_page_id=87 (1354 words)

	Crystal Healing Gems - Astrogems (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Ayurvedic Astrological gems, especially when combined in nine-gem bangles (navaratnas) are a uniquely powerful way to mitigate and nullify the unpleasant effects of past wrong actions, or bad karma.
		Astrological gem stone jewelry, whether in the form of multi-gem bangles, rings, bracelets, or necklaces, when made and worn correctly, can potently benefit a person's psychological tendencies, physical health, business affairs and relationships, while helping to minimize the impact of a wide range of negative conditions and situations.
		Having sold over 2000 navaratnas in the last twenty years we have pioneered our research toward a surprising affordability and feedback from our clients.
	www.astrogems.com (418 words)

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		THE autonomy package announced by the Union Government to nine public sector enterprises (PSEs) that were given special "Navaratna" status was extended, although to a limited extent, to 97 smaller public sector enterprises, "Mini-Ratnas", on October 3.
		The Navaratnas have been allowed to enter into joint ventures with Indian or foreign companies or form subsidiaries in India or abroad, subject to some restrictions.
		A senior official in a Navaratna enterprise told Frontline that "nothing can be done under the Navaratna package" until the board is expanded to accommodate the non-official directors.
	www.frontlineonnet.com /fl1421/14210960.htm (1873 words)

	[BT columns] LAISSEZ-FAIRE by Seetha
		The payment (amounting to a few lakhs) had been pending for years and it had become apparent that there was no choice but to forget about it and treat it as a loss.
		But no one in the navaratna was willing to take that decision.
		The navaratnas, mind you, are supposed to have a very large measure of operational autonomy!
	www.india-today.com /btoday/exclusives/seetha20010208.html (788 words)

	Crystal Healing Gems
		Before purchasing a bangle or other astrological jewelry, it is important to determine which gems would benefit one the most, the size and quality of the stones, how and where one wants to wear the jewelry, the amount he or she can afford, and how to order.
		It is highly recommended that a prospective navaratna wearer obtain a full nine-gem planetary analysis from a reputable Vedic astrologer.
		After five years of intensive observation, research and experimentation with five to nine-gem bangles, I have developed an appreciation for their power and value and have distilled a clear viewpoint out of much seemingly contradictory material.
	www.astrogems.com /quality_crystal_healing_gems.htm (1789 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Frontpage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		They did not explain why it’s a violation of the CMP, which commits the government to not privatising the so-called public sector navaratnas, of which Bhel is one, but does not bar divestment.
		The Left argued that “navaratnas like Bhel can go to the market to raise the capital they require.
		It is not for the government to sell their shares and appropriate the proceeds”.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1050627/asp/frontpage/story_4919783.asp (515 words)

	Tehelka - The People's Paper
		The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) has declared that the UPA government is in serious breach of the Common Minimum Programme (CMP) because the Union Cabinet has decided to disinvest 10 percent of the shares in Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL).
		The CPM politburo has declared that “BHEL is a navaratna public sector unit which is making significant profits in a competitive environment.
		The National Common Minimum Programme, on whose basis this UPA government is meant to function, clearly states that the UPA government will encourage and strengthen the navaratnas to become global players.
	www.tehelka.com /story_main12.asp?filename=Ne061805Left_Right.asp (577 words)

	Navaratnas begining to feel the pinch of globalisation
		Other navaratnas, especially those in the petroleum sector, namely, IOC, HPC, etc., are also beginning to feel the pinch.
		In products already decontrolled, i.e., naphtha, fuel oil, LSHS etc., they are facing intense competition from refineries in the private sector on the one had and cheaper imports on the other.
		This situation points towards the urgent need for taking a focused look at the constraints facing PSUs including the navaratnas and assess as to what needs to be done to ensure that they keep afloat in a competitive environment.
	www.expressindia.com /fe/daily/20001120/fec20054.html (817 words)

	The Hindu Business Line : Profit-making PSUs to get more financial autonomy
		For the first time, navaratnas and miniratnas have been allowed to invest up to 30 per cent of the net worth for mergers and acquisitions.
		In the case of joint ventures, navaratnas and miniratnas have been allowed to establish such ventures with investment up to 15 per cent of the company's net worth in one project.
		For Miniratna I category of companies, the capital expenditure limit has been increased to Rs 500 crore or equal to net worth from the existing Rs 200 crore and for Miniratna II the limit has been raised to Rs 250 crore or 50 per cent of net worth, whichever is lower.
	www.thehindubusinessline.com /2005/07/26/stories/2005072602990100.htm (492 words)

	For Whom The Hearts Bleed Navaratna Or North Block?
		Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, went so far as to say, “we are also keen to avoid excessive damage to the financial health of our oil PSUs” and price hike as per him was the only option to ensure the same.
		Amusingly, even the corporate media, which a couple of years back during the NDA regime was waxing eloquent over the need of privatisation/disinvestment of two of these navaratnas viz.
		On one hand Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas is referring to forecasts which suggest that price of crude is likely to touch even higher levels in the coming month, on the other hand, it allows navaratna PSU like IOC to be literally fleeced to this extent by Union Finance Ministry.
	pd.cpim.org /2006/0618/06182006_dipankar.htm (745 words)

	Tansen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was instrumental in creating the classical style of North Indian music as we know it today, and has influenced it greatly up to the present day, both through his actions and his blood descendants.
		He was one of the Navaratnas (nine jewels) at the court of the Mughal Emperor Akbar.
		The boy learned music from Haridas Swami, a legendary teacher of the time, and came to serve as court musician to King Ramachandra of Mewa and later to Emperor Akbar as one of the treasured Navaratnas (nine jewels) of the court.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tansen (717 words)

	wclass_july06_a9 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		F we don’t let our navaratnas glow, energy security will cease to grow” – that’s how the ad-campaign by Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas starts for justifying what it calls a minimum increase in price of diesel and petrol.
		As a matter of fact prime minister time and again had made pointed reference to financial distress of some navaratnas in petroleum sector.
		The navaratnas, referred by Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and the prime minister are obviously the three public sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) i.e.
	citu.org.in /wclass_July06_a9.htm (608 words)

	The Ayurvedic use of precious gems to heal and balance the bodymind
		Astrological gems, especially when combined in nine-gem bangles (navaratnas), are a uniquely powerful way to mitigate and nullify the unfortunate effects of past wrong actions (negative karma).
		Blue Sapphire should be used with great caution, unless in a navaratna, and even then the size and purity should be watched.
		However, if included in a Navaratna, this should be resolved by balancing both Ketu and the planet ruling the sign it falls under.
	www.dhanvantri.com /gems.htm (1692 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		According to the left think-tanks, it is perfectly sensible to sell off sick or even less profit-making PSUs, but mere stupidity to dispose of the ace income-generating ones.
		Indeed, among the ace PSUs, nicknamed the Navaratnas, BHEL is one, for it has been making reasonable profits over the recent past.
		Profits of the so called Navaratnas are often inflated because most of these units enjoy artificial monopoly power in their respective markets.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1050913/asp/opinion/story_5082845.asp (1314 words)

	Ramabijapurkar
		Now it is time to give them greater freedom and the flexibility and encourage them to become formidable global institutions.
		If the Government is convinced, as it says it is, that the PSU 'navaratnas' must now have progressive reduction of Government control for them to prosper and achieve their fullest potential, why can it not extend the same conviction to the IIMs and the IITs, which are the 'navaratnas' of education?
		The core strength of any academic institution, I am sure the Minister of HRD, himself a well respected academic, will agree, is the quality and commitment of its faculty.
	www.ramabijapurkar.com /indiamyland/iims_sen.php (816 words)

	What about laggards?
		While in respect of central PSUs there are audit reports and there is the parliamentary committee, as for those in different states they operate under cover of total darkness, which is not saying much for the restructuring of public sector generally.
		Along with a strategy to give a boost to the Navaratnas, the government must address itself seriously to dealing with those units which guzzle public money without doing anything worthwhile.
		The exit policy has to be discussed threadbare and the centre would do well to convene a special meeting of either the National Development Council or the Inter-State Council to formulate a policy for central and state PSUs alike.
	www.expressindia.com /fe/daily/19970628/17955553.html (403 words)

	Chidambaram not for Navaratnas divestment - Sify.com
		New Delhi, May 26: Describing as "sacrosanct" the Navaratna PSUs which should remain under government control, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said disinvestment could be considered as an option for PSUs that were not making profits and were vulnerable to global competition.
		Disfavouring disinvestment of Navaratna companies like ONGC, Indian Oil, HPCL, BPCL, NTPC and SAIL, Chidambaram, who started his second stint at North Block, said he had drawn the line in 1997 and decided to keep the Navaratnas out of the privatisation process.
		They can do whatever they like as long as the government is the owner," he said, adding, once these companies are "ring-fenced", half of the problem of disinvestment is over.
	sify.com /news_info/cities/chennai/fullstory.php?id=13484093 (297 words)

	Mahavidya: Ustad Usman Khan
		Ustad Usman Khan was born in Dharwar; in the state of Karnataka (South India); on 22 September 1940 as the eldest son of Ustad Abdul Karim Khan.
		Ustad Abdul Karim Khan was the famous son of the legendary Ustad Rehmat Khan; one of the Navaratnas in the court of the Maharaja of Mysore.
		It was Ustad Rehmat Khan, who modified the three stringed Sitar to the seven stringed Sitar, that we have today.
	mahavidya.net /guruji.html (421 words)

	TO SELL OR NOT TO SELL IN INDIA - Siddharth Srivastava, Hyderabad News - Where Every Word Explodes, Updates Continiously
		Chidambaram had then said the left parties had been consulted before the decision was made.
		"The national Common Minimum Program, on whose basis the UPA is meant to function, clearly states that the government will encourage and strengthen the navaratnas [the nine profit-making public sector units] to become global players, not sell them," the politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) then countered through a media statement.
		Since 1991, India has been following a path of economic reforms and industrial liberalization, unshackling it from what is known in the country as the license raj (rule of the license) of previous generations.
	www.hyderabadnews.net /articles/tosell-notsell.htm (1185 words)

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		Asked if the OIL had acquired such ability, sources informed that the company had already ventured out into the international market with the OVL with 10% share.
		However, with 50% share with the IOCL, the OIL will now act as an equal partner of that ‘Navaratna’ company.
		The company’s venture with the OVL has shown that the OIL is competent enough to undertake the job, sources said.
	www.sentinelassam.com /sentinel_en/archives/nov0104/story4.htm (296 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
		It quoted the NCMP as “clearly stating that the UPA government will encourage and strengthen the navaratnas to become global players.
		The NCMP also categorically states that the government shall not disinvest/privatise the profit-making public sector undertakings”.
		“This reckless disinvestment of one of the navaratnas amounts to undermining the position of the PSU.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2005/20050527/main5.htm (346 words)

	Amazon.com: Navaratnas: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Christianity's scramble for India and the failure of the °secularist' elite by Navaratna Srinivasa Rajaram (Unknown Binding - 1999)
		Aryan invasion of India: The myth and the truth by Navaratna Srinivasa Rajaram (Unknown Binding - 1993)
		Secularism, The New Mask of Fundamentalism by Navaratna Srinivasa Rajaram (Hardcover - Jun 1, 1995)
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Navaratnas&tag=httpexplaguid-20&index=books&link_code=qs&page=1 (289 words)

	FT.com / Asia-Pacific / India - Indian PM ends privatisation plans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The U-turn by the United Progressive Alliance coalition comes days after the cabinet decided to sell 10 per cent stakes in two state-run enterprises – Neyveli Lignite, the coal mining and energy group, and National Aluminium Company.
		The National Common Minimum Programme, the policy blueprint for the UPA that was agreed in May 2004, ruled out the sale of majority stakes in navaratnas – profitable national champions.
		However, it appeared to leave the government scope to divest minority stakes.
	www.ft.com /cms/s/5142a458-0d1c-11db-84fd-0000779e2340,dwp_uuid=d20b8a4a-9c84-11da-8762-0000779e2340,_i_rssPage=d20b8a4a-9c84-11da-8762-0000779e2340.html (476 words)

	Lakshmi-Kubera comes to Chennaionline
		As the God of wealth and material, his responsibilities are to distribute them while creating wealth is with Goddess Lakshmi.
		Kubera is mostly painted with his family and seen showering gold coins and navaratnas.
		Performing pooja to Lord Kubera is believed to enrich one's life.
	www.chennaionline.com /festivalsnreligion/Articles/08lakshmikubera.asp (368 words)

	Govt change may delay navaratnas autonomy
		New Delhi, Nov 30: The wind has changed direction at the Centre just as two public sector mega corporations, the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), are awaiting the key to their new-found autonomy as `navaratnas'.
		The ``search committee'' headed by Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) chairman N Vittal, was expected to announce the names of the first list of non-functional directors this week, that will bring in new blood and dynamism into the state-owned money-spinners.
		Announcing norms for restructuring and broadbasing the navaratna and mini-ratna boards last month, the union industry ministry had specified that the enhanced autonomy of the public sector enterprises would become effective only after their boards were been revamped.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19971201/33550303.html (363 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		NEW DELHI: Petroleum minister Ram Naik on Tuesday advised the five state-run oil Navaratnas to take a consortium approach for overseas investment instead of poaching on each other's territory.
		But the firms were free to compete against each other in the domestic market, the minister told the brass of the five oil companies, two of which are to be put on the block.
		It had even suggested to the government that OVL should be divided among all oil companies.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/xml/uncomp/articleshow?msid=233473 (1516 words)

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