This paper provides an overview of emerging dynamics in Indian labour market, taking cues from demographic variables such as dependency ratios, labourforce participation rates, and labour market related variables like employment status, employment by economic activities, average wage rates and formal-informal decomposition of wage and employment. For this, we use data compiled from World Social Security Report, published by International
Labour Organization in 2010, National Sample Survey (NSS) 64th round and literature. Moreover, we also discuss basic aspects of India’s large public works programme Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA, the then NREGA), pointing out the need for bundling basic entitlements related to food and employment. Next, we look into the current status of educational attainment in India, in particular, participation of persons in the age group of 5-29. Finally, we present current out-migration and inmigration patterns in India. We also illustrate the core nodes of migration in India using the Social Network framework.