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This paper attempts to study the nature of the modern education process in India where diversity is seen economically, financially, socially and geographically not only in culture and ethnicity but also in purchasing power and affordability of the Indian people. The imposition of lockdown due to Covid-19 spread in India which has continued till today, promoted the e-learning process facilitated by digital instruments like Laptop, Smartphone, flash drives etc with the aid of several apps like Zoom, Skype, Google Meet etc. Institutes and enterprising teachers try to market e-learning among their students. For A-level and B-level cities its good and sounds very elite. However the areas with low connectivity and those belonging to underprivileged sections or living in far-flung areas that cannot afford data plans and other gadgets and drives it�s another divide. These students are staring at the electronic divide that this new turn of digital education has brought them. As destined to be the electronic media inequality is staring and creating class privileges so the real world and the virtual one all have class privileges. So, while many universities and colleges are conducting online learning sessions, students from disadvantaged families or living in remote areas might not have access to Telegram, iCloud or, indeed, the internet even in the best of times. The paper uses secondary data from the published Government sources and websites and other data from cited papers. It is a descriptive study. This discussion paper brings forth the limiting aspect of Electronic Education various limitations the Digital Education has landed us on. An attempt is being made to explore the electronic divide that exists in India and bring to the discussion the infiltration of internet and, its use, applicability to the day to day needs of education by the people in India; also the initiatives under the ambitious Digital India Program is highlighted in the paper to find out India�s progress in transforming itself into a digital society.