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ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES AND
Lesson 1 Unit 7
RESPECT TO LAbOUR

Objectives:

On completion of this lesson, students will be able to:
• Tell about different economic activities including profession and occupation
of his/ her district.
• Compare the economic activities with other districts.

People are doing different works for their livelihood. Agriculture and
animal rearing are major economic activities of the districts of Nepal. But,
people involve in different trade and industries too. For example, some of
the people are farmer and some of them work as labour in the factories.

Some of them may be employed in the offices or some of them may
have run cottage industries. They either could be cobbler, tailor, mason,
carpenter, blacksmith or goldsmith. People in few places are also engaged
in herbal trade. The cottage industries produce ghee, cheese, pottery,
carpets including Doko, Dalo Nanglo, Radi, Pakhi etc. Such productions
are sold in the markets.

Economic activities are such human efforts which are undertaken by
people to earn income, money or wealth. Thus, economic activities are
related to production, distribution, exchange and consumption of goods
and services. In simple term, economic activities indicate toward people’s

professions, occupations, employment or business.

Similarly, labour is needed to perform all these activities. All those works
if done in turn of wage is called labour. People work hard for their living.
Thus, 1 May has been celebrated as “International Day of Labour” to pay
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due respect to the labour every year.

For instance, Siraha district of Tarai region consists of a plain land with
alluvial soil. It has hot climate where there is a good rainfall too. This

environment is suitable for agriculture.

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