Who are considered Worker?

All person who do economic activities and contribute to GNP (Gross National product) are called Workers

In this case,there are 2 main activites :

1. Economic Activities
2. GNP

 

Lets learn about it one by one

What are Economic Activities?

Different Activities carried out in producing goods and services which leads to Generation of Income are called Economic Activities

What is GDP and GNP?

GDP

It means Gross Domestic Product

It is total monetary value of goods and service produced in India

GNP

It means Gross National product

If we add net earning from foreign transactions to GDP

We get GNP

GNP = GDP + Exports - Imports

Who all are Considered Workers?

All person who do economic activities and contribute to GNP (Gross National product) are called Workers

Example

All Salaried Employes, Casual Labour as well as Self Employed are Workers

Are the following Considered Workers?

• Farmer
  Yes, He is engaged in Economic Activity of growing crops and earning Income

• Worker in a Factory
  Yes, He is engaged in producing goods and earning income

• A Truck driver
  Yes, Even those who provide service to other economic activities are workers

• Factory Owner
  Yes, Those owning an enterprise are also considered a worker in economic sense

• Housewife
  No
  Women are involved in lot of work like cooking, looking after children, farm work etc
  However, she is not getting paid for it
  She is not a worker as she is not doing any economic activity and earning income

• Beggar, Thief, Smuggler, Gambler
  No
  Although they are earning Income
  They are not doing any economic activity
  So they are not considered worker

NCERT Questions

Question 1

Who is a worker?

Question 3

Are the following workers — a beggar, a thief, a smuggler, a gambler? Why?

Question 7

Raj is going to school. When he is not in school, you will find him working in his farm.

Can you consider him as a worker? Why?

Question 9

Meena is a housewife. Besides taking care of household chores, she works in the cloth shop which is owned and operated by her husband.

Can she be considered as a worker? Why?

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