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The role of government agencies funding science in India has come to question with the recent public outburst of eminent scientist C. N. R. Rao, scientific adviser to the Prime Minister of the country. In the backdrop of India's Department of Biotechnology chalking out a new funding regime, Nature India looks at some deep-set systemic issues.
Despite initial criticism, scientists, information experts and publishers agree that the future of scientific publishing lies in the open access model. How is India waking up to the phenomenon that's changing the face of science publishing globally?