Lok Sabha Question No. 352 (STARRED), answered on 2025-08-18
Subject: One Nation One Subscription Scheme
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav, Shri Sanjay Uttamrao Deshmukh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION No. 352

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.08.2025

One Nation One Subscription Scheme

## †*352.   Shri Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav: Shri Sanjay Uttamrao Deshmukh:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the present status of the "One Nation One Subscription" initiative and its implementation across the educational institutes and platforms;
- (b)  the  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  integration  and  access  to  educational infrastructure for the students in urban and rural areas;
- (c) the details of the criteria used to assess the success of the initiative;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to address the challenges regarding digital infrastructure and capacity building for the deprived students;
- (e)  whether  Executive  Committees  of  the  educational  institutes  have  not  been  constituted during the last three years, if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (f)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  any  high-level  Committee  to  review  the functioning of the above educational institutes, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) to (f): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (F) OF LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  352  FOR  ANSWER  ON  18.08.2025  ASKED  BY  SHRI SANJAY  HARIBHAU  JADHAV  AND  SHRI  SANJAY  UTTAMRAO  DESHMUKH REGARDING 'ONE NATION ONE SUBSCRIPTION SCHEME'

(a) to (d): The Government has launched the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS), a new central sector scheme to provide access to scholarly research articles and journal publications to all  Higher  Educational  Institutions  (HEIs)  managed  by  the  central  government  and  state governments  and  Research  &  Development  Institutions  of  the  central  government.  A  total  of thirty major international journal publishers has been included in ONOS. More than 6,300 such institutions, including government HEIs in tier-2 and tier-3 cities are covered under the scheme. Access to journals is 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.

A  dedicated  portal  https://onos.gov.in  has  been  developed  for  accessing  journal  articles. Institutions can access the journals through this portal using one of the following two methods:

-  Large HEIs and R&D organisations which have their fixed IP address can access through the aforementioned portal,
-  Institutions  which  do  not  have  a  strong  enough  digital  infrastructure  can  access  the scholarly articles made  available via  ONOS  through  the INFED  facility of the INFLIBNET.

The facility has been developed so that the institutions from rural and remote areas can access  it  through  any  internet  enabled  computer  or  mobile  device  using  their  login  id  and password.

INFLIBNET has developed an online facility called 'Infistats' for getting the usage of journal  articles  of  the  publishers  who  have  been  included  in  the  ONOS.  More  than  5.5  crore articles have been downloaded during January to June 2025.

The Government of India has also established a National Knowledge Network (NKN) to provide a secure and robust Indian network which interconnects knowledge institutions across the country through high-speed data communication network to encourage sharing of resources and collaborative research.

(e) & (f): Executive councils have been constituted in all the Central Universities under the purview of Ministry of Education including in the recently established Central University i.e Sammakka Sarakka Central Tribal University. Vacancies in the Executive Councils arise from time to time and are filled up as per due procedure prescribed in their respective Acts and  Statutes.  Autonomous  institutions,  under  the  purview  of  Ministry  of  Education,  are established under their respective Acts of Parliament and are governed by the provisions of the  Acts  and  Statutes.  There  are  enough  provisions  in  their  respective  Acts/Statutes  to minimize administrative delays, take prompt policy decisions and review their functioning to take necessary steps towards making them more effective.

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