The development of IRs in India is still in its nascent stage compared to other countries as seen in Graph 2. The Directory of Open Access Repositories (Open DOAR) lists 259 IRs in United States of America, 104 IRs in United Kingdom, 115 IRs in Germany and 20 IRs in India (http://www.opendoar.org/). The Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR) lists 216 IRs in United States of America, 101 IRs in United Kingdom, 79 IRs in Germany and 24 Digital Repositories in India (http://www.roar.eprints.org/).