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7.1.7. Funds Released during FY 2015-16 and 2016-17

The Consortium received Rs.168.00 crores in the FY 2015-16, Rs. 235.00 crores during FY 2016-17
including Rs. 21.32 crores for World e-Book Library and South Asia Archive. The details of funds released
is as given below Table 13:

Sl.No. Funds Released Rupees in
Crores

FY 2015 2016 -
1 Funds released in Dec 2015 168.00
(Vide Letter no F.16-23/2014-TEL, dated 19th Dec 2015)
FY 2016 2017 -
1 Funds released in May 2016 39.00
(Vide Letter no F.16-23/2014-TEL, dated 9th May 2016)
2 Funds released in November 2016 22.58
(Vide Letter no F.16-23/2014-TEL, dated 20th Oct 2016)

3 Funds released for WEL & SAA 21.32
(Vide Letter no F.16-23/2014-TEL, dated 11th Aug 2016)
4 Funds released in Dec 2016 127.10
(Vide Letter no F.16-23/2014-TEL, dated 27th Dec 2016)
5 Funds released in February 2017 25.00
(Vide Letter no F.16-23/2014-TEL, dated 10th Feb 2017)

Total (FY 2016-2017) 235.00

Table 13: Funds Released during FY 2015-16 and 2016-17

7.1.8. Usage of e-Resources: Analysis

Most publishers maintain detailed usage statistics for resources made accessible to subscribing

institutions. The publishers provide username and password to subscribing institutions for accessing the
usage statistics for their resources for monitoring purpose. The Consortium analyses the usage on
various parameters as mentioned below.

7.1.8.1. Average Cost of an Article

The average cost per download represents average cost of each access event to a full-text article and is
calculated by dividing subscription cost of a resource by the number of articles downloaded.

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