One Nation One Subscription Initiative to Launch on Jan 1, 2025
From January 1 around 1.8 crore students from state-funded universities and institutions, including IITs will be able to access research papers from top global journals under the government’s "One Nation, One Subscription" (ONOS) initiative. Principal Scientific Advisor AK Sood announced that over 13,400 international journals across fields like science, technology, medicine, mathematics, management, social sciences, and humanities will be available in the first phase of this program
Abhay Karadikar Statement
This initiative covers 6,380 higher education and research institutions, including 451 state public universities, 4,864 colleges, and 172 national-level institutes. Leading publishers like Elsevier, Springer Nature, and Wiley will provide access to these journals. Department of Science and Technology Secretary Abhay Karadikar explained that previously, institutions like IITs and central universities could only afford limited subscriptions. Under ONOS, all participating institutions will have access to a wide range of 13,400 journals.
ONOS initiative
The ONOS program officially begins on January 1 and will provide journal access for three years. In its second phase, the initiative aims to include private academic institutions through public-private partnerships. The third phase will offer access to international journals at public libraries across the country.
The initiative will be run by the Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET). It is an independent UGC center. This initiative's primary goal is to provide academic resources to faculty, researchers, and students across the country, including those who live in smaller cities and villages. It is expected that this connectivity will promote broad research and creativity. The budget for this initiative is set ?6,000 crores for three years
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