• The Union Cabinet approved ‘One Nation One Subscription’, a new Central Sector Scheme for providing country-wide access to scholarly research articles and journal publication. 

• A total of about Rs 6,000 crore has been allocated for ‘One Nation One Subscription’ for three calendar years as a new Central Sector Scheme. 

Highlights of the scheme:

• ‘One Nation One Subscription’ will build on and further enhance the scope and reach of the range of initiatives undertaken by the government of India over the past decade in the domains of education, for maximising access to quality higher education for the youth of India.

• This will supplement the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) initiative to promote research and development and foster a culture of research and innovation throughout government universities, colleges, research institutions, and research and development laboratories.

• The scheme will be administered through a simple, user friendly and fully digital process. 

• The benefits of the scheme will be provided to all higher educational institutions under the management of the central or state government and research & development institutions of the central government through a national subscription coordinated by the Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET), an autonomous inter-university centre of the University Grants Commission (UGC).

• This list covers more than 6,300 institutions, translating into nearly 1.8 crore students, faculty and researchers, who will be able to potentially avail benefits of One Nation One Subscription.

• The initiative will expand access to scholarly journals to a vast diaspora of students, faculty, researchers and scientists of all disciplines, including those in tier 2 and tier 3 cities, thereby promoting core as well as interdisciplinary research in the country. 

• The ANRF will periodically review the usage of ‘One Nation One Subscription’ and publications of Indian authors of these institutions.

• The Department of Higher Education will have a unified portal ‘One Nation One Subscription’ through which the institutions will be able to access the journals.

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