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Session- 2025-26
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Economic activities by men and women
Subject- Economics Ch- 2 People as Resources
1. Economic Activities
o Primary Activities: Agriculture, fishing, forestry, mining. The activities that is
directly engaged in extracting resources from the nature or utilising it for
creating a product.
o Secondary Activities: Manufacturing industries. Converting the natural
resources available to make a product of utility for the consumption of the
people.
o Tertiary Activities: Services like education, banking, transport. In this category
people provide support and render services so that society functions
smoothly.
2. Types of Economic Activities
o Market Activities: Activities for pay/remuneration (production for sale).
o Non-Market Activities: Production for self-consumption (e.g., household
work, farming for home use).
Due to historical and cultural reasons there is a division of labour between men and women
in the family. Women generally look after domestic chores and men work in the fields. Even
if women get jobs outside, they are not paid equally. They work in the unorganised sectors
where they are paid less.