N-LIST stands for "National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content". The program was funded by the MHRD under NME-ICT to extend access to selected e-resources to colleges covered under Section 12B of the UGC Act as well as non-aided colleges during 2010 - 2013. The program has subsumed under e-ShodhSindhu Consortium as a college component year 2014 being funded by UGC.