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The paper summarises the issues and challenges of Informal Employment in India. The informal sector is considered to be a vital sector of the Indian Economy. The works of the informal one are excluded in the GDP and GNP of India. Thus, India being one of the developing countries, the informal employment accounts for the majority of employment, however, it is not considered much , in comparison to the formal sector. It also gives out the definition of employment in the Informal Sector as per the International Labour Organisation(ILO) and is an assemblage of employment in micro, small and medium enterprises, casual, self-employed and rural workers, impact of economic reforms on informal employment in India, rural and urban informal employment and labour migration and employment conditions of Indians working as informal workers abroad. An effort has been made to highlight the difficulties of the informal and unorganized economy in the country through various diameters such as work deficit, labour market distress and poverty. The various measures by Government such as Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana(PMMY) and Government Policy regarding informal enterprises and informal labour in India have been highlighted in the paper,to the best extent possible.