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What is an economic activity? What are various activities undertaken in the primary sector, secondary sector and tertiary sector?

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Economic activities: All such activities which give us some income is called economic activities. Pulling cycle-rickshaw, cleaning houses, selling vegetables and working in schools, factories, banks etc. are economic activities.

Activities undertaken in Primary, Secondary and Tertiary sectors :

(i) Primary Sector: Activities concerned with collecting or making available material provided by nature are included in primary sector like agriculture, poultry farming, mining, fishing etc.

(ii) Secondary Sector: The activities which are associated with transforming raw material or primary products into commodities useful to man such as manufacturing etc.

(iii) Tertiary Sector: The activities which are essential for running modern factories in a big way are termed as tertiary sector. Activities like trading, banking, health, education, insurance etc. are included in tertiary sector.

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