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
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