The Government of India took a giant leap forward by announcing its new education policy; the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020), almost three decades after the last major revision was made to the policy in 1986. The National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020), which was approved by the Union Cabinet of India on 29 July 2020, outlines the vision of India's new education system. The policy is a comprehensive framework for elementary education to higher education as well as vocational training in both rural and urban India. Addressing the completion of one year of the NEP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi remarked, “We are entering the 75th year of Independence. In a way, implementation of NEP has become a vital part of this occasion. This will play a key role in creating a new India and future-ready youth”. The national educational policy should be implemented in all schools and colleges over India by 2022. A number of states have officially launched the policy and many others are in the process to do the same. Although the NEP has started to gain some momentum, there are still various obstacles in the way of its realization. Yet, the most crucial challenge before NEP is building consensus and getting states to own the first omnibus policy after 1986. In short, the success of the NEP largely hinges on the states taking ownership of the reforms. While the NEP has begun gathering a fair degree of momentum, the road to its realization is filled with endless potholes. NEP has the most challenging task of addressing multiple crises in the education system. In this paper, the authors are going to explore issues and the challenges in the implementation of various policies mentioned in national education policy 2020 as well as the complexities involved in it.