India’s plan indicates that commercial publishers are winning over the application of the open access system to make scholarly literature available for everyone. Dasapta Erwin Irawan November 3, 2020 India’s plan to pay journal subscription fees for all its citizen may end up making science harder to access Dasapta Erwin Irawan, Institut Teknologi Bandung; Juneman Abraham, Himpunan Psikologi Indonesia; Rizqy Amelia Zein, Universitas Airlangga, and Sridhar Gutam, Indian Council of Agricultural Research All modern scientists should share ownership of their knowledge and research.