The new education policy aims that all the students get the quality education and facilities irrespective of the place they were born and live. Since the aim is very challenging as most of the people have the high level of difficulties due to the environment they live in, the thinking they have, their financial condition and most importantly their lack of knowledge of the policies that the government implement or try to implement. New Education Policy 2020, is one of the most important education policy that was drafted in 2019 and approved by Union Cabinet of India on 29 July 2020. It replaces the thirty four year old National Policy on education, 1986. The vision of the policy is to build an education system rooted in Indian ethos that contributed directly to transform India by providing high quality education to all and make India a global knowledge superpower. It mainly focus on learning that should be holistic, integrated, enjoyable and engaging. It also focus on the adoption of technology in teaching, learning and assessments. Also it focus on early childhood care and education (ECCE) and Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN). Policies have also often been influenced by contemporary political agendas and in this process many lacunae in our educational system have still persisted. A sad reality of our education policies is that they have failed to address the social and economic inequalities and cultural diversity inherent within the system of education, as it operates in India. No policy has been able to put in place a common system of education or a commonly accepted quality assessment mechanism. It is a challenge for future education policies to address this issue. All these issues have led to ineffective implementation of Educational policies till now. This paper will try to do a critical analysis of NEP 2020 by comparison with NEP 1986 to bring out the highlights.