Ch1 work livelihood and career

• Work can be defined as essential activities undertaken for a purpose or out of necessity.
• Type of work on the taken by people depends on several factors such as education, health, age, access to opportunities, globalization, geographic location, financial returns, family background, etc.
• Meaningful work is useful to society or to others. Is done responsibly and is enjoyable to the worker.
• Meaningful work contributes to personal growth, instills. Confidence and self-worth and may eventually even lead to actualization of full potential.
• Work done for earning money is called job
• Career is more than just a job
• Job is an involvement in work for the sake of it. Whereas a career is driven by a deep desire to excel and passionate need to grow, develop and prove oneself within the chosen field of work.
• In order to achieve success, education should not stop in youth or early adulthood.
• Important criteria for selecting an Avenue is that 1 must feel a sense of keen interest and desire for the chosen path
• Work is a set of activities with an intended set of outcomes.
• Livelihood denotes the means in occupation by which a person supports oneself to meet basic needs and sustains one's lifestyle.
• Careers are unique in to each person and are dynamic unfolding throughout life career is a life management concept
• Work as a job and livelihood work is mainly a source of income.
• Work, as a career- views work as the path to progressively ascend Professionally, dedicates considerable amount of time and energy to work and get jobs satisfaction from continuing advancements and achievements.
• Work as a calling- a person derives satisfaction from the work itself.
• 70% of the population lives in rural area and agriculture is the main occupation.
• India is the largest producer of cashew nut, coconut, milk, ginger, termeric, and black pepper in the world.
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  Shola craft of odisha

  
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  Puppetry craft of Rajasthan

  
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  Bamboo craft of Assam

  
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  Coconut craft of kerela

  
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  Phulkari of punjab

  
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  Stone sculpture of Chennai

  
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  Walri craft of maharashtra

  
• Traditional occupations include hunting and trapping birds and animals, gathering and selling foreign produce, Garland making, salt making, Palm sap juice, Mining, brick and tile making.
• Visual arts have been in practice for 4000 years and were supported by large Hindu temples and princely rulers of various states.
• IPR intellectual property is right.
• Perspective of the individual- micro prospective
• Perspective of the nation and society - macro perspective
• Sex is the biological categorization based on genetics, productive organs etc
• Gender is based on social identity.
• Acts which safeguard, the constitutional rights of women-factories act of 1948, the Plantation labor act of 1951. The mines act of 1952, employees state insurance act and maternity benefit act.
• Section 48 of the factories act states that creches should be maintained if more than 30 women are employed in an industry or factory. Children below 6 years should be looked after in these creches, which will be maintained by the industry itself.
• Equal renumeration act - equal wages for the same work