The usual way of introducing the Indian electronic waste (e-waste) sector is through three highlights: extent of e-waste generation and India ranking fifth in 2017 (rank- ing third in 2020), the dominant presence of the informal sector across the value chain (collection, dismantling, recycling, and resale of the recovered materials) of e-waste, and rudimentary methods for recycling which are creating challenges of environment and health hazards, and legal provisions that have created opportuni- ties for scientific recycling and operationalising e-waste management in a formal manner.There is a long way to go, as most Indians are not aware of the facts and the dangers the hazards that e-waste can create. As a development sociologist, I under- stood that the informal sector is inferred with its multiple connotations, including cash economy, the units engaged in collection and recycling are not registered and not covered under the existing law/s, consequently not complying on minimum wages, not providing safe working environment, employment of child labour would be rampant, unsafe way of recycling, and no accountability for throwing away the residues, cash transactions between different actors engaged in these operations, and so on.This means that the informal sector is either unaware of the consequences of adverse impact on health and environment, or that there exists a wide gap between the ‘desirables’ and the ‘doings’, on the counts of accountability, legal compliance, subsidising costs of labour, human health, and environment, etc. between the gov- ernment and these informal operations.