New Delhi: One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) scheme, with a budget of Rs. 6000 Crore for a period of three years i.e. 2025-2027, is a centrally negotiated and centrally funded National Consortium for electronic journal subscriptions.
ONOS will also provide central funding support of Rs. 150 Crore per year for beneficiary authors to publish in selected good quality Open Access (OA) journals.
It was noted that the first phase of ONOS, starting from 1st January 2025, will provide access to over 13,000 journals for more than 6,300 government academic and R&D institutes including central and state-govt universities and colleges.
This translates to nearly 1.8 Crore students, faculty and researchers getting access to high quality research publications. It was also emphasized that access to the full collection of journals published by each of the 30 publishers who are part of ONOS will be provided.
The 30 publishers include prominent publishers covering the streams of STEMM, management, social sciences and humanities. Additionally, it was underscored that each user will be able to access all journals subscribed under ONOS, which will be a great push for inter-disciplinary research, aligning with the goals of ANRF and NEP, and benefiting scholars and researchers across diverse fields.
In the subsequent phases of ONOS, expansion of access to private higher educational institutions and ultimately to all individuals in the country who need such access can be taken up.
Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood, Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Government of India briefed Media on 10 December at the National Media Centre, New Delhi about the recently launched One Nation One Subscription scheme.