Centre to implement ‘One Nation One Subscription’ initiative from April 1, 2023

It is a welcome change for research scholars in India as the Ministry of Education (MoE) has announced a One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) initiative through which citizens can have open access to national and international journal publications and research papers from April 1, 2023.

Not just schools, colleges, universities and research institutes, the ONOS initiative will benefit everyone in the nation. This initiative is by the Office of Scientific Adviser to the Government of India. “Based on the recommendation of Planning and Execution Committee (PEC) of ONOS, core committee is considering 70 publishers’ resources under the first phase of ONOS from April 1, 2023 onward…,” read a statement from the Ministry of Education.

The primary institutes which would benefit are government institutes, government-funded academic institutes, and research and development institutions.

Other beneficiaries would be research labs from ministry departments such as the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEiTY), to name a few.