About One Nation One Subscription Scheme:
- It is a new Central Sector Scheme for providing country-wide access to scholarly research articles and journal publication.
- The scheme will be administered through a simple, user friendly and fully digital process.
- This will be a “One Nation One Subscription” facility for the government higher education institutions and R&D laboratories of the Central G
- This will supplement the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) initiative to promote research and development and foster a culture of research and innovation throughout government universities, colleges, research institutions, and R&D laboratories.
- The benefits of One Nation One Subscription scheme will be provided to all Higher Educational Institutions under the management of the Central or State Government and Research & Development Institutions of the Central Government, through a national subscription coordinated by a central agency, namely the Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET), an autonomous inter-university centre of the University Grants Commission (UGC).
- The Department of Higher Education will have a unified portal “One Nation One Subscription” through which the institutions will be able to access the journals.
- The ANRF will periodically review the usage of One Nation One Subscription and publications of Indian authors of these institutions.
- Funding: A total of about Rs.6,000 crore has been allocated for One Nation One Subscription for 3 calendar years, 2025, 2026 and 2027 as a new Central Sector Scheme.
- Significance:
- It will build on and further enhance the scope and reach of the range of initiatives undertaken by the Government of India over the past decade in the domains of education, for maximizing access to quality higher education for the youth of India.
- The initiative will expand access to scholarly journals to a vast diaspora of students, faculty, researchers and scientists of all disciplines, including those in tier 2 and tier 3 cities, thereby promoting core as well as interdisciplinary research in the country.
