People as Resource
People become an asset when health and education turn numbers into skill. Chapter 2 of the NCERT Class 9 Economics textbook explains human capital through literacy, schooling, training and health, comparing literacy rates, infant mortality and life expectancy across states and with neighbours. Stories of villages, educated unemployment and sectors of work show how investment in people raises productivity and incomes, while unemployment wastes potential and how planning can convert population into strength.
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