Who is a worker?

Any person who is engaged in an production activity and thus contributes to the gross national product, in whatever capacity- high or low, is a worker.

When total number of workers is divided by population and multiplied by 100, we will get the worker-population ratio.

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A beggar, a thief, a smuggler and a gambler can not be termed as worker because they are not contributing to gross domestic product. When a farmer works on fields, he produces food grains and raw materials for industries. Cotton becomes cloth in textile mills and in powerlooms. Lorries transport goods from are place to another. The total money value of all such goods and services produced in a country in a year in called its gross domestic product. Hence the activities of thief, beggar, smuggler and a gambler are not producing anything and also not contributing to the gross domestic product of the country. So they are not workers.

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