According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), women's participation in labour markets has increased considerably along with the expansion of service sector work. It has been argued that employers prefer young, single women, with a good education. With the rapid casualisation and informalisation of the job market there has been a common assumption of feminisation of labour in India in the post liberalisation period. The global expansion of trade, capital flows, and technology has resulted in increased formal and informal market opportunities for women, which is referred to as the feminisation of labour. The trend in the feminisation of labour has been accompanied by a shift in employment from manufacturing to services in developed countries, and from agriculture to manufacturing and services in developing countries. However contradictory conclusions are available regarding the pattern, process and nature of feminisation of labour in India. The quinquennial employment surveys by the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) show that work participation rates among women have been fluctuating. The ILO (International Labour Organisation) has shown that women are predominantly based at the lower paid and less skilled employment levels, with few occupying positions in management even within the service industry, particularly banking, finance, and insurance. This indicates the problems women are facing in the labour market in India. In this background an attempt has been made in this paper to analyse the nature, pattern and trends in feminisation of labour in India. Secondary data published by Census Registrar, NSSO and data published by individual scholars is used to study the nature of feminisation of labour in India.