In general this should save money in the research budget line. Especially, when the research in separate centers (labs, universities etc) is funded from the pub

In general this should save money in the research budget line. Especially, when the research in separate centers (labs, universities etc) is funded from the public-supported programs/grants. Of course, it's a question about terms of the deal. Still, the government being a government can just mandate an open-access pre-publication in a national archive. China required in-advance submission of all technical docs just to allow a foreign product on their market. India is a huge market too, so there's quite a bit of leverage there for this.