This paper titled ‘Trade Intergation and Labour Market Trends in India’ by C.P. Chandrasekhar (Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University), focuses on the Indian pre-crisis strategy of liberalization and integration into the world economy and its impact on labour market trends. It then examines the specific ways in which the crisis affected the country, with a focus on the labour market. Finally, it draws some concrete policy recommendations which are perceived as an example of successful global integration through liberalization.