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Your inputs, run through the engine and sized to your household. Here’s the whole of it — the headline cost, and every system below. Tap any system to open its plan in place.

Year-one, all-in₹9,282,670
Kit & supplies₹7,242,670
Reserves₹2,040,000
The thirteen systems · tap to open
01Review Food₹1,214,964+
Total₹1,214,964Capital₹227,394Recurring/yr₹857,395
The reasoning
1
Enough energy to stay well. ~2,000 kcal a day per person, adjusted for who’s home — your household comes to ~16,750 kcal/day.
2
Three layers, not one drum. A calorie backbone, a protein-and-variety layer, and a thin micronutrient layer — a year of just rice and dal quietly makes people ill.
3
Scaled to the year, plus a reserve. 365 days × the daily need + a buffer you hope not to touch — ~2,747 kg stored.
What to hold & what it costs
GroupWhat it coversEst. cost
Grains & cerealsRice, wheat atta, poha, sooji, oats, dalia, millet₹86,940
Pulses & proteinToor, moong, masoor, chana dal, rajma, chole, sattu, gram, seeds₹399,570
Oil, dairy & essentialsCooking oil, milk powder, salt, spices, sugar, tea₹86,915
Preserved vegetablesDehydrated mixed veg, onion-tomato flakes₹72,050
Ready-to-eat retort mealsDal, rajma/chole, khichdi and paneer retort pouches — the no-cook reserve₹211,920
Key figures
Daily energy16,753 kcalStored weight2,747 kgStorage space~137 sq ftNutritionchecked for protein & micronutrients
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02Review Water₹1,958,751+
Total₹1,958,751Capital₹1,730,000Recurring/yr₹18,885
The reasoning
1
Not one problem — four. Drinking, washing, flushing, and a reserve — each a different quantity and a different standard. Telling them apart halves the work.
2
Plan for the worst day. Not the yearly average — the dry week when the tank’s low and the tanker isn’t answering. Size the reserve to that.
3
Match each grade to a source. Rain and greywater for the forgiving uses; treat only the small share you actually drink. That’s the move that makes a year survivable.
What to hold & what it costs
GroupWhat it coversEst. cost
Storage & harvestingUnderground RCC sump, rainwater harvesting kit, overhead gravity tanks₹1,595,885
Treatment plantRO+UV potable-treatment plant, UV lamp, greywater reclaim₹153,000
Key figures
Daily demand820 LRainwater harvest~2,52,000 L/yrStorage1,06,000 LPotable sharesmall — treat only what you drink
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03Review Shelter₹201,757+
Total₹201,757Capital₹136,200Recurring/yr₹43,940
The reasoning
1
Keep the envelope sound. Roof, walls, openings — stop the breach before it becomes a flood. A tarp and sealant now beats a ruined room later.
2
Carry the warmth at the body. Don’t heat the house — heat the people. Layers, quilts, a warm room. It’s a fraction of the energy.
3
One warm room, not a warm house. Concentrate heat where people sleep; let the rest of the dwelling go cold. That’s how a household survives a cold snap off-grid.
What to hold & what it costs
GroupWhat it coversEst. cost
Bedding & warmthBedding, passive thermal, warm-room layers₹83,000
EnvelopeInsulation, sealing, shade, cool-roof₹42,200
Repair & resilienceRepair tools, tarps/sheeting/fixings, resilience cache₹54,940
Key figures
Approachpassive firstWarm roomsized to occupancyRepairtarps, sheeting, fixings held in reserve
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04Review Power₹1,730,534+
Total₹1,730,534Capital₹1,525,920Recurring/yr₹19,200
The reasoning
1
Sort every load. Must-never-stop, genuinely-useful, and can-simply-wait. Most of what a house draws can wait.
2
Design for the dark still week. Not the sunny average — the run of cloudy windless days. Size solar and battery to carry the critical slice through it.
3
It’s the starting load that trips a system. A pump pulls several times its running current on start-up — you buy inverter headroom, not more panels.
What to hold & what it costs
GroupWhat it coversEst. cost
Solar generationPV modules, mounting structure, balance-of-system₹289,800
Battery & inverterBattery bank, hybrid inverter, portable power station₹614,320
Generator & fuelGenerator, installation, exhaust, initial fuel fill₹168,200
Pumping & load kitPowered pump set, demand-reduction package₹219,900
Wiring, spares & installChangeover/DB/cabling, spares, commissioning, DISCOM liaison₹252,900
Key figures
Daily energy6.9 kWhSolar array7 kWpUsable battery16.4 kWhCold chainthe medical fridge sizes the battery floor
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05Review Medical₹651,235+
Total₹651,235Capital₹295,080Recurring/yr₹286,380
The reasoning
1
Plan a list, not a diagnosis. You, with your doctor, decide what belongs in the cupboard; the plan does the year’s arithmetic, per person.
2
Reach beyond plasters. A serious kit holds a bad day — haemostatic gauze, a chest seal, an airway — until real help is reached.
3
Mind the cold chain and the carer. A refrigerated medicine sizes the battery; a dependent member is a daily rhythm of care, and its own single point of failure.
What to hold & what it costs

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Key figures
Cold-chain items1Powered-device load465 WModeldeclared medicines, per personCarer loadnamed, with a backup
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06Review Air₹47,264+
Total₹47,264Capital₹17,300Recurring/yr₹24,900
The reasoning
1
The silent killer. Any flame indoors makes carbon monoxide — no smell, no warning. A cheap CO alarm is the best-value item in the whole plan.
2
Plan for the grey-sky season. Reckon on ~2 months of poor-air days a year, plus a crisis surge — mask stock and one filtered refuge room.
3
Make one room a lung. You don’t filter the dwelling; you fit one room — where the vulnerable sleep — with a HEPA-carbon filter sized to its volume.
What to hold & what it costs
GroupWhat it coversEst. cost
Monitoring & alarmsPM2.5/CO monitors, CO alarms, sensor calibration₹16,300
Refuge & filtrationBox-fan filters, crisis sealed-room kit₹10,500
MasksN95/FFP2 respirator stock₹15,400
Key figures
Refugeone filtered roomCO alarmin every sleeping areaMaskssized per person, rotatedPoor-air days~60/yr + surge
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07Review Sanitation₹487,677+
Total₹470,437Capital₹343,220Recurring/yr₹76,813
The reasoning
1
Several streams, held apart. Excreta, the declared personal streams, solid waste, and used water — each with its own handling.
2
Two switches: flush & compost. A twin-pit composting latrine with a flush primary and a dry backup covers you whether or not the water’s running.
3
Used water is a resource. Bathing and laundry make 100+ L a day — routed well, it flushes and waters the garden, roughly halving fresh-water need.
What to hold & what it costs
GroupWhat it coversEst. cost
Toilet systemComposting-latrine pits, flush toilets, septic tank and soak pit₹249,280
Greywater & waste handlingGreywater capture, solid-waste containment, emptying kit₹67,600
Hygiene stations & backupsHandwash stations, odour management, bucket-and-bag backup₹26,500
Menstrual & personal careReusable and disposable menstrual products, sanitiser₹6,510
Cleaning & consumablesSoap, disinfectant, cleaning supplies, tools, vector control, desludging₹70,143
Key figures
Solid waste876 kg/yrGreywater136 L/day recoverablePit volume315 L/pitRulenever burn mixed trash
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08Review Transport₹236,581+
Total₹236,581Capital₹136,500Recurring/yr₹74,733
The reasoning
1
Three jobs. The 2 a.m. hospital run, the whole-household evacuation, and the daily trips — the middle one is the design case people miss.
2
Count the seats honestly. Eight people rarely fit one vehicle — evacuation may take two trips, and the plan must know it.
3
Keep the vehicle alive. Fuel rotated, spares held, a way to move an injured person — a stranded vehicle is no vehicle.
What to hold & what it costs
GroupWhat it coversEst. cost
Vehicle readinessTyres, battery, service parts, inflator & jump-start₹83,900
Human-powered & carryBicycles, trailer, wheelbarrow, load packs, footwear₹52,200
Evacuation & recoveryPatient litter/stretcher, recovery & tool kit, grab pack, navigation₹35,000
Fuel & sparesJerricans, transfer pump, stabiliser, electrical/mechanical spares₹24,333
Safety & in-car kitPPE, first-aid/flares refresh, water & food refresh₹9,800
Other itemsFurther items in the full costing₹6,000
Key figures
Seat shortfall3 — evacuation needs 2 tripsFuel store40 L rotatedAlsohuman-powered fallback + patient-move kit
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09Review Tools₹244,690+
Total₹237,440Capital₹190,200Recurring/yr₹21,800
The reasoning
1
A hand-tool core that always works. Saws, hammers, spanners — no power, no charge, outlives everything. The irreducible foundation.
2
Power tools, while there’s charge. A drill and grinder turn hours into minutes — force multipliers, gated on someone who can use them.
3
The consumables are the quiet half. Fasteners, blades, tape, spares — the feed that turns “I have the tool” into “I fixed it.”
What to hold & what it costs
GroupWhat it coversEst. cost
Hand tools & storageCore hand-tool kit, ladder, safe storage, manual fallback, measuring₹43,200
Power toolsCordless drill, angle grinder, powered extras, power-tool suite, petrol backup₹129,700
Safety & PPESafety and PPE set₹8,300
Consumables & fixingsFasteners, wire/cordage, lubricants, sealants, tapes, adhesives, spares₹30,800
Key figures
Rulea tool you can’t use isn’t countedCorehand tools, doubled essentialsBackuppetrol tool for grid-down
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10Review Skills₹116,312+
Total₹116,312Capital₹74,600Recurring/yr₹29,250
The reasoning
1
A skill held by one person is one you might lose. For every critical skill, the honest question is not “can someone?” but “can a second person?”
2
The domains that matter most. Keeping the machines alive, mental-health support, and waste-borne disease — the three most under-planned.
3
What you can’t do, put on the shelf. A reference library — on paper — for the day you must learn or improvise it cold.
What to hold & what it costs
GroupWhat it coversEst. cost
Training & certificationInitial training across all competencies, refresher cycles₹78,950
Reference libraryBound compendium copies, procedure cards, laminator₹11,700
Records & mediaLogbooks, duty board, grab-pack wallets, receiver, drill materials₹13,200
Key figures
Skill gapsscored per householdSingle points of failureflaggedWhere to learnreal Indian providers, per gap
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11Review Signal₹89,690+
Total₹89,690Capital₹69,600Recurring/yr₹10,480
The reasoning
1
Assume the phone dies first. The honest plan builds the resilient tier beneath it — radio and satellite.
2
Hearing the world is everything. A wind-up radio that simply receives may be the most valuable item here — a household that knows can act.
3
Be found without a tower. A whistle per person, an air horn, a flare, a registered 406 MHz beacon — no charge, no signal needed.
What to hold & what it costs
GroupWhat it coversEst. cost
Radios & beaconVHF/UHF handhelds, 406 MHz locator beacon, antenna, charger₹64,000
Network-independent signallingWhistles, air horns, flares, signal panel/mirror₹7,200
Power & planBattery packs, primary cells, comms plan cards₹8,880
Key figures
Comms devices5Beacon406 MHz, registeredSignallingwhistle/horn/flareDisciplineknow when not to broadcast
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12Review Security₹121,834+
Total₹121,834Capital₹103,500Recurring/yr₹5,280
The reasoning
1
Don’t be the interesting house. The best security is to not stand out — sensible locks, good light, a low profile.
2
Protect the records, in two places. A document safe and an off-site encrypted copy — records survive only if they exist twice.
3
A plan for the knock. Who answers, how you read it, when you don’t open — a calm rehearsed plan beats any barricade.
What to hold & what it costs
GroupWhat it coversEst. cost
HardeningGrilles, deadbolts, hasps, safe-room bolt₹45,100
Lighting & alarmsSolar motion lights, contact alarms, gate chime₹23,180
Records & backupsDocument safe, encrypted backup drives, ID/records kit₹39,000
MaintenanceBattery replacement, rekeying, backup refresh₹1,500
Key figures
Approachdeterrence, nothing a weaponRecordssafe + off-site backupRealitytwo working-age adults, so a plan not a patrol
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13Review Treasury₹141,381+
Total₹141,381Capital₹59,800Recurring/yr₹66,433
The reasoning
1
Spend down a ladder, in order. Digital → cash → silver → gold → barter — each rung used while it still works, never skipped.
2
Ring-fenced, not invested. Held, not spent; sized to months of real expenses; separate from the money you live on. It earns nothing — that’s not its job.
3
Value nobody can find is value you don’t have. A plain records ledger — what’s held, where, with an off-site copy — and a little grab-cash by the door.
What to hold & what it costs
GroupWhat it coversEst. cost
Cash reservePhysical cash reserve, held in small denominations₹1,022,400
Metals reserveGold and silver bullion, acquisition spread and assay₹1,072,200
Barter stockPractical trade goods₹59,933
Storage & recordsCassettes, ledger kit, off-site duplicate, locker rent₹11,700
Key figures
Reserve₹20,40,000 ring-fencedCover12 months cash + 12 months metalsNotinvestment advice
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