In a major transfer to spice up analysis and improvement in India, the Union Cupboard, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has accepted the “One Nation One Subscription” (ONOS) scheme. This new Central Sector Scheme goals to offer country-wide entry to worldwide high-impact scholarly analysis articles and journal publications for college students, school, and researchers in government-managed larger schooling establishments and analysis organisations.
The ONOS scheme, set to start in 2025, will make practically 13,000 e-journals from 30 main worldwide publishers accessible to over 1.8 crore college students, school, and researchers from greater than 6,300 establishments. This contains each central and state government-managed larger schooling establishments and central authorities R&D labs, reaching people throughout city, rural, and tier 2 and tier 3 cities.
The initiative can be managed digitally by the Info and Library Community (INFLIBNET), an autonomous physique below the College Grants Fee (UGC). With an allocation of Rs 6,000 crore for the years 2025-2027, the ONOS initiative builds on the federal government’s dedication to analysis and innovation outlined within the Nationwide Schooling Coverage (NEP) 2020 and the Anusandhan Nationwide Analysis Basis (ANRF).
By this initiative, India is about to enhance its place within the international analysis ecosystem, facilitating simpler entry to high-quality analysis supplies for its educational and scientific group. The scheme can even encourage each core and interdisciplinary analysis, supporting India’s imaginative and prescient of turning into Atmanirbhar and a Viksit Bharat by 2047.
The Division of Larger Schooling will launch a unified portal for establishments to entry the subscription, with Info, Schooling, and Communication (IEC) campaigns deliberate to make sure widespread utilization of this useful resource throughout the nation.