Blitz Bureau
GIVING importance to research and development in the Amrit Kaal, the Union Cabinet has approved One Nation One Subscription, a new Central scheme for providing countrywide access to scholarly research articles and journal publication. The scheme will be administered through a simple, user- friendly and fully digital process.
A total of about Rs.6,000 crore has been allocated for the new Central scheme for three calendar years2025, 2026 and 2027. The scheme 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 maximising access to quality higher education for the youth of India.
This will supplement the 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).
This list covers more than 6,300 institutions, translating into nearly 1.8 crore students, faculty and researchers, who will be able to potentially avail benefits of One Nation One Subscription.
This is in line with the goals of Viksitbharat@2047, National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF). 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.
The ANRF will periodically review the usage of One Nation One Subscription and publications of Indian authors of these institutions. 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.
