KERALA RISING · FROM EXPORTING PEOPLE TO EXPORTING IDEAS current as of 2026 and is used as an illustrative planning assumption, not a forecast or a guarantee. Sources are listed in the References. Where a number is uncertain, the text says so and uses a range. The reader should treat rounded figures as estimates and confirm any decision-critical number against the latest official data. Method and sources. The factual claims in this book rest on named, verifiable sources: Government of Kerala and Government of India publications and press releases, the Suchitwa, Kudumbashree, and Literacy Mission records, Kerala Tourism and Motor Vehicles Department statistics, peer-reviewed and ICMR public-health studies, World Bank project documents, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act and Rules, and published AI-inference pricing. Figures are cited at the point of use and collected in the References. The argument is built to be checked, not taken on trust; a reviewer is encouraged to verify every load-bearing number. 3