retirement calculator is a tool for those who are eager to know about the corpus required post retirement to maintain a certain standard of living. Retirement calculator is considered as an essential element when Planning for retirement. It helps you to identify the estimated amount that you need to save for your retirement based on your current financial situations. Therefore, we take you through a very simple retirement calculator that will help you to evaluate the corpus needed when you retire.
While using a retirement calculator, you would need to enter certain variables, such as-
All these variables when fed into the calculator would end up giving the amount that you need to invest monthly for your retirement to maintain the standard of living. (i.e. your current monthly living expenses adjusted for inflation).
The first thing that you need to do here is, calculate your monthly expenses like household expenses, utility expenses, transportation cost, and other lifestyle expenses. Other than this, you should have a rough idea about the minimum amount that you require monthly for miscellaneous expenses. The basic assumption here is that these expenses adjusted for inflation should suffice in the future to lead a comfortable post retired life.
*To illustrate- *
Total Monthly Expenses- INR 20,000
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This is the average annual inflation rate that you expect in coming years till you retire. According to various Market sources, the average inflation can be taken to be around 4-5% p.a. in the coming years. However, one can enter their own assumption also.
This is long-term growth rate that you expect on your investments. Though the long-term return from the equity market has been 8-15% historically, according to market sources, going forward one can expect around 8-15% p.a. in the long run. If you have sound knowledge about the markets, you can enter your own assumptions on the growth rate.
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Now comes the interesting part where you get the desired amount that you need to invest monthly. Taking the above variables into consideration, you will get the desired corpus that you need to save monthly till you get retired. Here the estimated age for retirement is considered as 60 years (refer to the image below).
By this, we mean how much corpus will be accumulated when you invest for 36 years, meaning if you start Investing at the age of 24 till 60 years of age. To reach the desired corpus, you need to make a monthly investment. According to the aforementioned figures, the total investment required every month is INR 10,143 for 36 years. As indicated, the estimated total corpus will depend on your current age, current monthly expenses, inflation and the growth rate on investment expected over the years.
Conclusion- People who are planning for their retirement can use this calculator, through which you can easily estimate your retirement corpus. It will help you calculate approximately the amount needed for retirement and hence, you can plan your investment accordingly!
*Best funds based on 5 year performance.
The investment objective of the scheme is to seek to generate long-term capital growth through an active diversified portfolio of predominantly equity and equity related instruments of companies that are participating in and benefiting from growth in Indian infrastructure and infrastructural related activities. However, there can be no assurance that the investment objective of the scheme will be realized. Below is the key information for Bandhan Infrastructure Fund Returns up to 1 year are on To seek long-term capital appreciation by investing predominantly in equity and equity related securities of companies engaged in or expected to benefit from growth and development of infrastructure. Research Highlights for HDFC Infrastructure Fund Below is the key information for HDFC Infrastructure Fund Returns up to 1 year are on 1. Bandhan Infrastructure Fund
Bandhan Infrastructure Fund
Growth Launch Date 8 Mar 11 NAV (29 Aug 25) ₹48.543 ↓ -0.14 (-0.29 %) Net Assets (Cr) ₹1,676 on 31 Jul 25 Category Equity - Sectoral AMC IDFC Asset Management Company Limited Rating ☆☆☆☆☆ Risk High Expense Ratio 2.1 Sharpe Ratio -0.69 Information Ratio 0 Alpha Ratio 0 Min Investment 5,000 Min SIP Investment 100 Exit Load 0-365 Days (1%),365 Days and above(NIL) Growth of 10,000 investment over the years.
Date Value 31 Jul 20 ₹10,000 31 Jul 21 ₹20,043 31 Jul 22 ₹19,974 31 Jul 23 ₹27,326 31 Jul 24 ₹49,920 31 Jul 25 ₹43,568 Returns for Bandhan Infrastructure Fund
absolute basis
& more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate)
basis. as on 29 Aug 25 Duration Returns 1 Month -3.4% 3 Month -4.4% 6 Month 19.1% 1 Year -12.7% 3 Year 25.9% 5 Year 30.9% 10 Year 15 Year Since launch 11.5% Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis
Year Returns 2024 39.3% 2023 50.3% 2022 1.7% 2021 64.8% 2020 6.3% 2019 -5.3% 2018 -25.9% 2017 58.7% 2016 10.7% 2015 -0.2% Fund Manager information for Bandhan Infrastructure Fund
Name Since Tenure Vishal Biraia 24 Jan 24 1.52 Yr. Ritika Behera 7 Oct 23 1.82 Yr. Gaurav Satra 7 Jun 24 1.15 Yr. Data below for Bandhan Infrastructure Fund as on 31 Jul 25
Equity Sector Allocation
Sector Value Industrials 53.42% Utility 12.27% Basic Materials 7.58% Communication Services 4.88% Energy 3.88% Financial Services 3.7% Technology 2.53% Health Care 1.87% Consumer Cyclical 1.71% Real Estate 0.63% Asset Allocation
Asset Class Value Cash 7.52% Equity 92.48% Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio
Name Holding Value Quantity Kirloskar Brothers Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 Dec 17 | KIRLOSBROS6% ₹105 Cr 443,385 Larsen & Toubro Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 29 Feb 12 | LT4% ₹76 Cr 206,262
↑ 23,089 Reliance Industries Ltd (Energy)
Equity, Since 30 Jun 24 | RELIANCE4% ₹68 Cr 452,706 Bharti Airtel Ltd (Communication Services)
Equity, Since 30 Apr 19 | BHARTIARTL4% ₹66 Cr 330,018 GPT Infraprojects Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 30 Nov 17 | GPTINFRA4% ₹61 Cr 4,782,533
↓ -14,610 UltraTech Cement Ltd (Basic Materials)
Equity, Since 31 Mar 14 | 5325383% ₹61 Cr 50,452 Bharat Electronics Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 Oct 19 | BEL3% ₹60 Cr 1,431,700 Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 Dec 23 | ADANIPORTS3% ₹53 Cr 365,137 PTC India Financial Services Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 Dec 23 | PFS3% ₹53 Cr 12,400,122 KEC International Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 30 Jun 24 | 5327143% ₹47 Cr 512,915 2. HDFC Infrastructure Fund
HDFC Infrastructure Fund
Growth Launch Date 10 Mar 08 NAV (29 Aug 25) ₹46.343 ↓ -0.12 (-0.25 %) Net Assets (Cr) ₹2,540 on 31 Jul 25 Category Equity - Sectoral AMC HDFC Asset Management Company Limited Rating ☆☆☆ Risk High Expense Ratio 2.06 Sharpe Ratio -0.56 Information Ratio 0 Alpha Ratio 0 Min Investment 5,000 Min SIP Investment 300 Exit Load 0-1 Years (1%),1 Years and above(NIL) Growth of 10,000 investment over the years.
Date Value 31 Jul 20 ₹10,000 31 Jul 21 ₹18,825 31 Jul 22 ₹20,454 31 Jul 23 ₹29,022 31 Jul 24 ₹48,197 31 Jul 25 ₹45,754 Returns for HDFC Infrastructure Fund
absolute basis
& more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate)
basis. as on 29 Aug 25 Duration Returns 1 Month -2.9% 3 Month -2.3% 6 Month 17% 1 Year -5.8% 3 Year 27.4% 5 Year 30.7% 10 Year 15 Year Since launch Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis
Year Returns 2024 23% 2023 55.4% 2022 19.3% 2021 43.2% 2020 -7.5% 2019 -3.4% 2018 -29% 2017 43.3% 2016 -1.9% 2015 -2.5% Fund Manager information for HDFC Infrastructure Fund
Name Since Tenure Srinivasan Ramamurthy 12 Jan 24 1.55 Yr. Dhruv Muchhal 22 Jun 23 2.11 Yr. Data below for HDFC Infrastructure Fund as on 31 Jul 25
Equity Sector Allocation
Sector Value Industrials 39.21% Financial Services 19.99% Basic Materials 10.82% Utility 6.94% Energy 6.55% Communication Services 3.93% Real Estate 2.13% Health Care 1.68% Technology 1.43% Consumer Cyclical 0.5% Asset Allocation
Asset Class Value Cash 6.83% Equity 93.17% Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio
Name Holding Value Quantity ICICI Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 Oct 09 | 5321747% ₹188 Cr 1,300,000 HDFC Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 Aug 23 | HDFCBANK5% ₹140 Cr 700,000 Larsen & Toubro Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 30 Jun 12 | LT5% ₹139 Cr 380,000 J Kumar Infraprojects Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 Oct 15 | JKIL4% ₹101 Cr 1,400,000
↓ -50,000 Kalpataru Projects International Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 Jan 23 | KPIL4% ₹93 Cr 758,285 InterGlobe Aviation Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 Dec 21 | INDIGO3% ₹90 Cr 150,000 Reliance Industries Ltd (Energy)
Equity, Since 31 May 24 | RELIANCE3% ₹75 Cr 500,000 NTPC Ltd (Utilities)
Equity, Since 31 Dec 17 | 5325553% ₹74 Cr 2,200,000 Bharti Airtel Ltd (Communication Services)
Equity, Since 30 Sep 20 | BHARTIARTL3% ₹70 Cr 350,000 G R Infraprojects Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 Jul 21 | 5433172% ₹62 Cr 470,000
Research Highlights for Bandhan Infrastructure Fund