NCERT Book Class 6 Social Science (Exploring Society India and Beyond) Chapter 14 Economic Activities Around Us

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CHAPTER
Economic Activities
Around Us
The root of prosperity is economic activity, the lack of it
brings material distress. The absence of fruitful economic
activity endangers both current prosperity and future growth.
— Kauṭilya’s Arthaśhāstra

1. How are economic activities
The Big classified?
Questions 2. What differentiates these
activities to be grouped into
sectors?
3. How are the three sectors
interconnected?

Introduction
In Chapter 13, we learnt about two types of activities – Monetary
economic and non- economic. Activities that create monetary value: Value
of something
value are called economic activities. We also learnt about that can be
the importance of non-economic activities. To understand measured
in terms of
these activities better we will learn how economic activities money.
are classified and what differentiates them in this chapter.
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