How the retirement plan works
- Today's monthly expenses are grown with inflation until the retirement age.
- The corpus must pay those expenses every year of retirement while they keep rising, earning a safer post-retirement return.
- Existing savings grow until retirement and reduce the gap.
- The monthly SIP fills the gap by retirement.
Example
A 35-year-old spending ₹50,000 a month today will need about ₹2.15 lakh a month at 60 with 6% inflation. To fund that until 85 at a 7% post-retirement return needs a corpus of about ₹5.8 crore. That is why starting early matters: every five-year delay raises the monthly SIP sharply.
Tips for the client conversation
- Show the expense at retirement first. Most people are surprised by what inflation does.
- Offer a step-up option: start smaller and raise the SIP each year. Try it in the SIP goal planner.
- Cover protection too: a retirement plan fails if the earner is not insured. Use the life cover calculator.