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Determine the exact retirement corpus you need to maintain your lifestyle, accounting for inflation and life expectancy.
Pension Corpus Required
To sustain your lifestyle from age 60 to 85.
₹19,877
Invested until age 60
₹2,87,175
Due to 6% inflation
Planning for retirement is about ensuring you have enough wealth to sustain your lifestyle when your regular income stops. The Pension Corpus is the total amount of money you need on the day you retire.
Inflation erodes the purchasing power of your money. If your monthly expenses are ₹50,000 today, at a 6% inflation rate, you will need over ₹2.8 Lakhs per month to maintain the exact same lifestyle 30 years from now.
Post-retirement, your money needs to grow faster than inflation. The difference between your investment return and inflation is your Real Rate of Return. A positive real return ensures your corpus lasts longer.
The earlier you start your SIP, the smaller the monthly investment required. This is due to the power of compounding. Delaying your retirement planning by even 5 years can nearly double the monthly SIP amount needed to reach the same corpus.
A pension corpus is the total amount of money you need to have accumulated by the time you retire. This lump sum is used to generate a regular income (pension) to cover your living expenses throughout your retirement years.
Inflation reduces the purchasing power of money over time. An expense of ₹50,000 today might cost over ₹2.8 Lakhs after 30 years at a 6% inflation rate. If you don't account for inflation, your corpus will run out much faster than expected.
The Real Rate of Return is the actual return on your investments after accounting for inflation. For example, if your post-retirement investments earn 8% but inflation is 6%, your real rate of return is roughly 1.88%. This is the actual rate at which your wealth grows in purchasing power.
The Monthly SIP is calculated using the Future Value of an Annuity formula. It determines how much you need to invest every month, assuming a constant pre-retirement return rate, to reach your target pension corpus by your retirement age.
The Safe Withdrawal Rate (SWR) is the percentage of your corpus you can withdraw annually without running out of money before you die. A common rule of thumb is the 4% rule, but in India, due to higher inflation, a 3% to 4% withdrawal rate is often considered safer depending on your post-retirement returns.