The BOAI's anniversary, and the work we have done to collaboratively develop updated recommendations, including the #BOAI20, is highlighted in this new post from @openfuture
"The BOAI shows that our activism can keep up with the rapidly changing world. That movement strategies can be kept alive and established through strong, participatory decision-making."
On the other hand, the short piece focuses on the growth of "transformative agreements" when the growth of OA has many other unmentioned paths and causes.
"Diamond Open Access, understood as fee-free publication for both reading and publishing, built and uphold by scholarly and scientific entities, as well as Green Open Access, are noncommercial landmarks compatible with the paradigm of public goods and are inclusive by nature."
"These types of…agreements were signed with the hope that the publishers would convert more of their #journals to fully #OpenAccess journals. But that has not happened."
Though SN (or the article author) is careful not to say so explicitly, SN seems to want India to have a fund to pay #APCs.
If so, note Recommendation 3.3 from the Budapest Open Access Initiative 20th anniversary statement [#BOAI20], 2022: "We recommend that institutions spend new money on alternatives to APCs rather than APCs themselves." https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai20/
For some of the serious objections to them, see e.g. the Budapest Open Access Initiative 20th anniversary statement, esp Recommendation 4 ("move away from read-and-publish agreements"). Disclosure: I helped write these objections. https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai20/