Finance
Sources
Every figure on Kerala Intel resolves to a tiered, dated official source. Headline figures are single-sourced to the anchor until a second independent source confirms them; mismatches go to a public discrepancy log. Tiers: T1 audited actuals → T2 compiled official → T3 government estimates.
Chandrasekhar Committee, tabled 04-06-2026. The 195-page anchor document, indexed for Ask Kerala.
Audited actuals — the firmest tier.
Monthly treasury and accounts data.
Comparative state finances; WMA/OD facility data.
- Government of Kerala — Budget documents T3 · BE/RE
Budget and Revised Estimates. The full FY2026-27 budget is presented 19 June 2026.
Tax-devolution award for FY2027-31.
Official assembly records and tabled documents.
Public discrepancy register (18 findings, numbered within D1–D25)
Every internal mismatch found while validating the anchor figures, published in full — status, materiality and resolution. Nothing is reconciled silently.
- D1resolved
FY26 OMB = 49,788 (narrative 48,788 is a typo; CL/OMB 111% reproduces only with table figure)
- D10open_material · material
Project tables disagree: approved 1,00,340.61 (T4.4) vs 1,19,412.47 (T4.6); pipeline range 33-59k - referred to forensic audit
- D11explained
Table 4.1 MVT 17,593.57 is CUMULATIVE; narrative 'in 2025-26 alone' wrong (annual ~3,300)
- D12resolved
Accumulated PSE loss canonical series 42,930->72,851 (exec '31,571->78,851' = double transcription error)
- D13standing_rule
PSE net loss has three bases (5.6 | 5.7 | 5.A/BPE) - name the base
- D15resolved_note
Table 3.4 tax-shortfall 5,958.93 -> 5,758.93; interim column +/-0.10 rounding slip
- D16logged
KIIFB premium computed 0.64-1.72 pp vs report's 1-1.5 claim - both adverse
- D18open
Table 4.5 debt series narrower than RBI liabilities by aggregate scope
- D2standing_rule
Three debt values circulate (35.5 BE | 33.22 RE | 37.84 FY24 consolidated) - every debt figure carries year + vintage + boundary
- D21resolved
KWA FY24 '-6,153.36' = decimal misprint ~ -615.3
- D23noted
Growth/buoyancy claims use FY26 BE endpoints; RE-basis SOTR growth ~5.2%
- D24minor
FY25 capex 17,086 (BiB) vs 15,082 (AG outlay) - label the basis
- D25resolved
Ch.7 Part A '33.32%' = transposition of 33.22
- D3standing_rule
Table 2.6 WMA/OD days are CALENDAR years - never join to FY series on the label
- D4resolved
XV RDG 53,137 vs 37,814 - boundary on the 2020-21 first-report year; both correct
- D5resolved
XVI gain = +0.457 pp (1.925 -> 2.382)
- D6open
5.07 L cr headline and 56,000 cr KIIFB obligation not yet boundary-classified
- D9open
KIIFB inflow-outflow vs fund balance gap 91.5 cr (immaterial)
Baseline data sourced from SR2026. See About for citation and methodology.