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Cabinet approves One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)

Posted 26 Nov 2024

Updated 27 Nov 2024

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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.

Initiatives on R&D in Budget 2024-25

  • ANRF: Established by the ANRF Act 2023 to provide high-level strategic direction for scientific research, ensuring collaborations between industry, academia, government departments, and research institutions.
  • Private Sector-Driven Research and Innovation: A financing pool of ₹1 lakh crore was announced to spur private sector-driven research and innovation at a commercial scale.
  • Venture capital fund of ₹1,000 crore will be set up to support startups and projects in the space sector.

 

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  • India's Research Ecosystem
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