What is meant by the term “service activities”?

1.	What is meant by the term “service activities”?
Answer» 1. Services rendered by different people in a specified activity are known as service activities. E.g.: a) Teachers’ Services. b) Health and Medical Services rendered by doctors and para-medical staff. c) Services of people working in army, navy, and air force. d) Financial activities of banks and insurance companies. e) Trading activities, etc. All the above services can be termed as Service Activities. 2. Service activities do not produce any tangible commodity like paddy or cloth. 3. Service activities here refer to ‘the nature of work” done. 4. “Service activities” in this context of work does not mean something that is done “free of cost” or “out of love or devotion.” 5. All the above people earn money by rendering these “service activities.” This is their livelihood. 6. These service activities are required for agriculture and industrial activities.

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1. Services rendered by different people in a specified activity are known as service activities.

E.g.:

a) Teachers’ Services.

b) Health and Medical Services rendered by doctors and para-medical staff.

c) Services of people working in army, navy, and air force.

d) Financial activities of banks and insurance companies.

e) Trading activities, etc. All the above services can be termed as Service Activities.

2. Service activities do not produce any tangible commodity like paddy or cloth.

3. Service activities here refer to ‘the nature of work” done.

4. “Service activities” in this context of work does not mean something that is done “free of cost” or “out of love or devotion.”

5. All the above people earn money by rendering these “service activities.” This is their livelihood.

6. These service activities are required for agriculture and industrial activities.

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