KERALA RISING · FROM EXPORTING PEOPLE TO EXPORTING IDEAS What it would cost The budget below is deliberately built on the high side of each line, so that the pilot cannot later be accused of having lowballed its costs. It is a planning estimate in current rupees, to be replaced by the implementing body’s procurement reality. 1 2 -M ON TH P I LO T (I LLUS TRA TI V E , H I GH E ST I MA T E) COST LINE Verification (AI inference, ~15,000– 20,000 actions a month at a conservative ₹1 each, padded) ₹ 2,00,000 Software: configure existing components, no new build ₹ 15,00,000 Field coordination: 3 staff, part-time, 12 months ₹ 18,00,000 Reward pool (points redeemed at corridor partners) ₹ 12,00,000 Independent baseline and final assessment ₹ 8,00,000 Governance, legal, audit set-up ₹ 5,00,000 Contingency (~20%) ₹ 12,00,000 Total, 12-month pilot ₹ 72,00,000 (under ₹1 crore) Exhibit 27 – Illustrative pilot budget, built on the high side of every line. Verification is the smallest item by an order of magnitude, as it is everywhere in this book. Note what the budget shows even when padded: the artificial intelligence, the part that draws all the 345