One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) Scheme: The Union Cabinet on Monday approved the 'One Nation One Subscription' (ONOS) scheme to provide access to international high impact scholarly research articles and journal publications to students, faculty, and researchers. A total of about Rs 6,000 crore has been allocated for One Nation One Subscription for three calendar years - 2025, 2026 and 2027 - as a new Central Sector Scheme. Here are some frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the newly-launched scheme: What is 'One Nation One Subscription' (ONOS)? 'One Nation One Subscription' scheme has been launched to provide country-wide access to international high impact scholarly research articles and journal publications to students, faculty, and researchers of all Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) managed by the central and state governments and Research & Development Institutions of the central government. How to become a part of ONOS? The platform is set to become operational on January 1, 2025. Access to journals will be provided through a national subscription coordinated by the Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET), an autonomous inter-university centre of the University Grants Commission (UGC) through an entirely digital process. The state governments will also be requested to carry out campaigns at their level for maximizing usage of the unique facility by students, faculty and researchers of all government institutions. How many students will be benefitted from this scheme? The initiative is expected to help nearly 1.8 crore students, faculty, researchers and scientists of all disciplines, including those in tier 2 and tier 3 cities. Through ONOS, these researchers will get access to top quality scholarly journals, thereby encouraging core as well as interdisciplinary research in the country. How many journals can I access through ONOS? A total of 30 major international journal publishers have been included in One Nation One Subscription. All of the nearly 13,000 e-journals published by these publishers will now be accessible to more than 6,300 government Higher Education Institutions and central government R&D institutions. Among the publishers included in the scheme are Elsevier ScienceDirect, Springer Nature, Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Taylor & Francis, Sage Publishing, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, and BMJ Journals. The Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) will periodically review the usage of One Nation One Subscription and publications of Indian authors of these institutions.
