How it all fits together
One question sorts every activity in the chapter: was money exchanged? Yes → economic (paid in salary, fee, wage or kind, and adding value along the way). No → non-economic (still valuable — just paid in gratitude, wellbeing and community strength instead).
Click any branch to open or close it. Dotted boxes are the end of a branch.
How the ideas connect
Five links worth saying aloud — this is what turns facts into understanding.
1 · One test for everything
Every example in the chapter — pilots, carpenters, grandparents, langars — answers the same question: did money change hands? That single test sorts the whole chapter.
2 · Pay has four shapes
Salary, fee, wage, payment in kind aren't random vocabulary — each fits a specific kind of work: regular employment, professional advice, time-based labour, or non-cash exchange.
3 · Value addition is visible with numbers
Rajesh's chair turns an abstract idea — "work creates value" — into simple arithmetic: ₹1,000 − ₹600 = ₹400 of pure human skill and effort.
4 · Non-economic doesn't mean worthless
The chapter goes out of its way to say non-economic activities matter — sevā, family care, and volunteering all create real value, just not a price tag.
5 · Individual acts become collective strength
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and Van Mahotsav show non-economic effort scaling up: one person's small act of care becomes a nationwide movement when many people do it together.
Self-test — rebuild the map from memory
Close the tree above, then tick each one you can say out loud without looking.