‘One nation, One Subscription’ scheme from 1 January 2025
Students, faculty members and researchers from over 6,000 government institutes will be able to access more than 13,000 international journals under the Centre’s newly approved ‘One Nation, One Subscription’ (ONOS) initiative from 1 January 2025.
Abhay Karandikar, secretary, Department of Science and Technology (DST), said Tuesday at a press conference that the ONOS initiative will be implemented in three phases.
The first phase will allow all government institutes and universities to access scholarly articles published in 13,400 international journals. In the second phase, access will gradually be opened to private institutes. Finally, in phase three, the government plans to provide universal access to published research studies through designated access points at public libraries.
“We already have 30 publishers, including top international publishers like Elsevier, Springer and Wiley, that have agreed to come on board with us for our initiative. From 1 January next year, we will commence this scheme,” Karandikar said.
Senior ministry officials told ThePrint that while the first phase of the initiative is being implemented, a plan is being prepared to include private institutes in the ambit of the scheme.
“We might charge a small fee from private institutes. But we are still discussing how this will pan out,” the DST secretary said.