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28 / Social and Political Life
The government also has the job of
protecting the boundaries of the Can you list three things that
the government does which
country and maintaining peaceful have not been mentioned.
relations with other countries. It is
1.
responsible for ensuring that all its
citizens have enough to eat and have 2.
good health facilities. When there are 3.
natural disasters like the tsunami or
an earthquake it is the government
Some rules have to be made that
that mainly organises aid and
apply to everyone. For example, there
assistance for the affected people. If is a need to control resources and
there is a dispute or if someone has
protect the territory of a country, so
committed a crime you find people in
people can feel secure. Governments
a court. Courts are also part of the
do this on behalf of their people by
government.
exercising leadership, taking
Perhaps you are wondering how decisions and implementing these
governments manage to do all this. among all the people living in their
And why it is necessary for them to do territory.
so. When human beings live and work
Levels of Government
together, there needs to be some
amount of organisation so that Now that you know that the
decisions can be made. government is responsible for so

Some examples of
institutions that are
part of the government:
The Supreme Court,
The Indian Railways
and Bharat Petroleum.

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