KERALA RISING · FROM EXPORTING PEOPLE TO EXPORTING IDEAS Exhibit 15 – Illustrative revenue ramp, base case. Revenue scales with corridors and programs while build cost is paid once; the crossover with operating cost (Exhibit 14) is the break-even point. All figures illustrative. Read the two tables together and the break-even logic is visible: operating cost and revenue both grow, but revenue grows faster because it scales with the breadth of the rollout while the build cost is behind the institution. In the base case the lines cross around the fourth to fifth year, after which surplus is reinvested. Pull the revenue ramp slower and the crossover moves later (downside); pull it faster and it moves earlier with the platform compounding (upside). The crossover is governed by the revenue ramp, never by the inference bill. IF 10% E SC A LA TE D TO F RO NT I ER VERIFICATION SCENARIO A C TI O NS / M ONT H I F A LL ROUT I NE C LA SSI FI E R Single early corridor ~50,000 ~₹ 100s ~₹ low thousands District scale ~300,000 ~₹ 1,000s ~₹ tens of thousands State-wide, one program ~1,000,00 0 ~₹ a few thousand ~₹ 1–2 lakh Full portfolio several million ~₹ tens of thousands ~₹ several lakh Exhibit 16 – Illustrative verification volume and cost. Even the full-portfolio, frontier-escalated case stays in single-digit lakhs of rupees a year. Unit costs per References 3–5; falls ~10×/year. All figures illustrative. 258