ONOS is in line with the goals of Viksitbharat@2047, National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF). 

About ONOS

• The Scheme: It’s a Central Sector Scheme for providing country-wide access to scholarly research articles and journal publication on a single platform.
  • It will be administered through a simple, user friendly and fully digital process. 
• Financial allocation: Rs. 6,000 crores for 2025-2027.
• Ministry: Ministry of Education.
• Implementation: The Department of Higher Education (DHE) will have a unified portal “One Nation One Subscription” through which the institutions will be able to access the journals. 
  • ANRF will periodically review the usage of ONOS and publications of Indian authors of these institutions.
• Beneficiaries: Higher Educational Institutions under Central or State Government & Research & Development (R&D) Institutions of the Central Government.
• Access: Through a national subscription coordinated by central agency - Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET)
  • INFLIBNET is an autonomous inter-university centre of the University Grants Commission.

Benefits:

• Institutional coverage: ONOS encompasses 6,300+ government educational and research institutions & would serve ~1.8 crore researchers.
• Outreach: Extends scholarly research access to tier 2 and 3 cities, thereby bridging geographical research participation gaps.