Each paper benefits from an anonymous external peer review process before being published in this series. It provides an in-depth analysis of trends in labour outcomes of women in India based on unit level datasets of employment-unemployment surveys undertaken in 1999-2000,2004-2005 and 2011-2012. The paper brings out the gender differentials that exist in the employment status of women and men despite the existence of legal and policy framework for the empowerment of women in the country. Le document met en evidence les differences entre les sexes en ce qui concerne I'emploi, et ce en depit de I'existence d’un cadre juridique et politique favorisant I’autonomisation des femmes dans le pays.