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What are public facilities? Why should the government be responsible for providing public facilities?

Important Questions on Public Facilities

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SOCIAL SCIENCE Social and Political Life–III TEXTBOOK FOR CLASS VIII>Chapter 9 - Public Facilities>Exercise 3>Q 1
Why do you think the government must assume the overall responsibility for public facilities even when it gets private companies to do part of the job?
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SOCIAL SCIENCE Social and Political Life–III TEXTBOOK FOR CLASS VIII>Chapter 9 - Public Facilities>Exercise 3>Q 3
Find out the various kinds of taxes people pay to the government by talking to a salaried person, a person running his or her own factory/business and a shopkeeper. Share your findings in the classroom with your teacher.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE Social and Political Life–III TEXTBOOK FOR CLASS VIII>Chapter 9 - Public Facilities>Exercise 4
Discuss: Do you think this would be a right step? What would happen if the government withdraws from the task of supplying water?
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SOCIAL SCIENCE Social and Political Life–III TEXTBOOK FOR CLASS VIII>Chapter 9 - Public Facilities>Exercise 5
What can be done to improve the water supply in India?
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SOCIAL SCIENCE Social and Political Life–III TEXTBOOK FOR CLASS VIII>Chapter 9 - Public Facilities>Exercise 5
Do you think it is also important to conserve resources like water and electricity and to use more public transport?
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SOCIAL SCIENCE Social and Political Life–III TEXTBOOK FOR CLASS VIII>Chapter 9 - Public Facilities>Exercise 6
Do you think that lack of access to proper sanitation facilities affects peoples’ lives? How?
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SOCIAL SCIENCE Social and Political Life–III TEXTBOOK FOR CLASS VIII>Chapter 9 - Public Facilities>Exercise 6
Why do you think that lack of access to proper sanitation facilities would impact women and girls more acutely?
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SOCIAL SCIENCE Social and Political Life–III TEXTBOOK FOR CLASS VIII>Chapter 9 - Public Facilities>Exercises>Q 1
Why do you think there are so few cases of private water supply in the world?