KERALA RISING · FROM EXPORTING PEOPLE TO EXPORTING IDEAS – Phase 3 onward, reuse across outcomes. Add further civic outcomes one at a time, each a configuration of the existing capability rather than a fresh build, each with its own published assessment. 4. The financial shape The public commitment is a one-time, milestonegated capitalisation of a permanent capability, released in tranches against certified results, not a recurring subsidy and not a technology-procurement contract. The substantive costs are people and coordination; the automated verification at the centre is the least costly element by a wide margin and falls in cost year on year. The institution is structured to develop its own revenue, subscriptions, sponsorships, and audited data products that grow as outcomes and corridors are added, with the intent that operating costs are met from that revenue over time. The detailed build, scenarios, and break-even logic sit in Chapter 16 (Exhibits 12 to 16); the figures there are illustrative and a department would attach its own. What matters administratively is the structure: capitalise once, release against milestones, expect selfsufficiency on operations, retain the right to stop. 27