Write a paragraph on the various roles of the government that you have read about in this unit.

Answer: The government plays the following roles:

1. Providing public facilities like healthcare, sanitation and water supply ensures that these are not overtaken by private enterprises.
2. Enforcing the laws against child labour.
3. Fixing minimum wages for workers and revising it from time to time.
4. Enforcing laws regarding safety at the workplace.
5. Enforcing laws regarding the safety of the environment.
6. Protecting the interests of consumers against overpricing and standard products.
7. Punishing organisations which do not follow policies to protect the environment against pollution.