The Union Cabinet on Monday approved One Nation One Subscription scheme 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 managed by the Central government and State governments and Research & Development Institutions of the Central government.

The initiative will open a goldmine of knowledge available in top quality scholarly journals to nearly 1.8 crore students, faculty, researchers and scientists of all disciplines, including those in tier-two and tier-three cities, thereby encouraging core as well as interdisciplinary research in the country

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.

A total of almost 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.

One Nation One Subscription is a timely step towards establishing India in the global research ecosystem by bringing ease of doing research to the doorstep of all students, faculty and researchers in the government institutions.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address to the Nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on August 15, 2022, had pointed out the importance of Research and Development in our country in the Amrit Kaal. He had given the clarion call of “Jai Anusandhan” on the occasion. The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has also identified research as a corequisite for outstanding education and development in our country. The establishment of Anusandhan National Research Foundation by the Government of India was a step in this direction.