The Government of India has planned to establish an online network of scientific equipment and facilities to bring down the cost of research in the country.The network will list all the scientific, technical and research equipment and facilities procured by funds provided by the Government of India. Through the network, it is proposed to require the custodians of such equipment or facilities to provide access to researchers and other legitimate users, so that they are enabled to utilise the facilities for their academic or non-academic research and development (R&D) work through an online reservation system, reads a circular sent by University Grant Commission (UGC) to vice-chancellors of all the universities.
