Subject(s): Structural changes in Indian economy and labour market developments since 1990s, Policy and institutional reforms -- labour market trends : trends in labour supply, Employment, Wage and productivity, Female labour force participation, Scheduled castes and Scheduled tribes, Unemployment, India's employment challenges -- Employment in the Informal sector : Quality of job, manufacturing and Tertiary sector, Labour adsorption in the agricultural and rural sectors, policies and regulations for formalisation -- Employment in the formal sector: Organized sectors, Employment elasticity in formal manufacturing , Trade and employment growth in manufacturing, Dualism , Outsourcing mitigation dualism, Tertiary sector -- Regional differences in labour market outcomes imply: Stylized facts, Regional differences, Low migration and urbanisation rates, Labour market outcomes and regionalism, Labour regulations in India, and reforms -- Increasing the effectiveness of active labour market policies : Central public works programmes, Social insurance schemes, Employment exchanges, Vocational education and training