Tag: One Nation One Subscription

One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)—The central government’s new scheme will give at least 18 million students across both central and state-funded universities access to international journals. Around 30 publishers, including Elsevier and Cambridge University Press, have agreed to collaborate with the government on this scheme. Phase one of the scheme would go live on January 1, 2025, which the Union Cabinet approved last month, reported PTI. List of publishers It is the first time the government has agreed with 30 of the biggest publishers in STEM, management, social sciences and humanities. As per a release by the Press Information Bureau, ... Read more

What is this initiative all about? ONOS will allow national access to academic research and journals publishing scientific papers free of charge starting next year. To coordinate free access, India is setting up a central agency, the Information and Library Network, or INFLIBNET, under the University Grants Commission. It will cover more than 6,300 institutions with over 18 million students, the Centre said. All state and central higher education institutions are covered, besides central government R&D labs. India’s Anusandhan National Research Foundation, or ANRF, is to manage the scheme, and review how many Indians are published.  What can academics access ... Read more

The One Nation, One Subscription (ONOS) scheme, set to launch in January 2025, is expected to bring a transformative shift to India’s research ecosystem. Prof. Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Director of IIM Mumbai, shared the details of this groundbreaking initiative, highlighting its potential to reduce research costs by 18% and provide access to over 13,000 e-journals via INFLIBNET. This observation was shared by IIM Mumbai on its official X handle. This will also drive an impressive 38% increase in publication output across participating institutions, added the IIM Mumbai post. Wide Reach: Benefits for Over 6,300 InstitutionsWith a budget allocation of Rs ... Read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union Cabinet on Monday approved ‘One Nation One Subscription’, a new central government scheme to ensure country-wide access to scholarly research articles and journal publications. The Modi government has allocated ₹ 6,000 crore for a period of three years for the initiative which is in line with the goals of Viksit Bharat @ 2047, National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF). The scheme aims to offer students, faculty and researchers of all higher education institutions managed by the central and state governments and research and development institutions of the central government access ... Read more