People are often confused about whether they should save for their child’s education or plan for retirement. If the last option was to choose between child education and retirement planning, I would go with the latter one. (i.e. retirement planning.) When I am talking about child education, it’s not referring to the education up to…
Before getting started, let us try to understand the meaning of the term ‘retirement corpus’. Then, we will move on to discuss the 4 things that can make a dent in your retirement corpus. Retirement Corpus Meaning Although the term ‘retirement corpus’ may sound somewhat complex, its meaning is very simple. Retirement corpus refers to…
Suppose you’re given an option between FD, Debt Funds, PPF or VPF for your retirement. What would you choose from amongst the above-mentioned investment options? I have seen the majority of the people asking for safe investments with good returns. Nevertheless, they still don’t consider VPF in their portfolio. Now, before moving any further, let…
FIRE Retirement, primarily an acronym for ‘Financial Independence Retire Early’ has become increasingly popular in India. The reason it’s gaining popularity is not that people want to leave their nine-to-five jobs and follow their passion. Okay, it may be the case for 1% of people. But rest of the people are considering FIRE because they’re…
Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) introduced its single premium guaranteed pension plan, LIC Jeevan Shanti, in the year 2018. This plan offers guaranteed pension in two modes, namely immediate annuity and deferred annuity. Initially, when LIC Jeevan Shanti was launched, it got a lot of response from people. The agents were claiming that its deferred annuity…
After retirement, senior citizens often look for safe and lucrative saving instruments so that they can invest their hard-earned money in the right place. Nevertheless, senior citizens are hesitant and unwilling to put their lifelong retirement corpus in equities. The reason is that such investment products carry a great risk of capital loss. The Senior…
In this modern age of science and technology, online retirement planning calculator has become extremely popular in India. Retirement planning calculator is considered convenient as one just has to enter basic information such as age, income, and expenses to determine the required retirement corpus. As far availability is concerned, there are hundreds of online retirement…
Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY) is a pension scheme that has been introduced for the social welfare of people aged 60 and above. Officially launched on 21st July 2017, the initiative aims to provide financial security to senior citizens through a regular pension. What is LIC PMVVY scheme? The LIC PMVVY scheme promises a…