Costs of delivering either RMS or CS (2016 INR)
| RMS | CS | |
| Labour cost | ||
| Optometrist, 25 048 INR/month, | 78.28 | |
| Vision technician, 8841 INR/month, | 27.63 | |
| Device cost | ||
| Spectacles (includes frame, lenses, manufacture and delivery) | 699.88 | |
| Ready-made spectacles and cost of maintaining inventory | 147.34 | |
| Cost of maintaining an inventory | 14.73 | |
| Equipment for eye testing | ||
| Retinoscope, 28 732 INR, 6-year life | 3.20 | 3.20 |
| Trial set, 22 544 INR | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Trial frame, 1915 INR | 0.09 | 0.09 |
| Letter chart, 21 129 INR, 10-year life | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| Indirect costs for infrastructure (room required to deliver the intervention) | 9.21 | 9.21 |
| Occluder | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| PD ruler | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Frame warmer | 0.29 | 0.29 |
| Total | 203.54 | 791.98 |
CS, custom-made spectacles; INR, Indian rupee; PD, pupillary distance ; RMS, ready-made spectacles.