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!
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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. Below is the key information for HDFC Infrastructure Fund Returns up to 1 year are on The Scheme seeks to achieve capital appreciation by investing in companies engaged directly or indirectly in infrastructure related activities. Research Highlights for Franklin Build India Fund Below is the key information for Franklin Build India Fund Returns up to 1 year are on 1. HDFC Infrastructure Fund
HDFC Infrastructure Fund
Growth Launch Date 10 Mar 08 NAV (17 Sep 25) ₹48.077 ↑ 0.16 (0.33 %) 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 Aug 20 ₹10,000 31 Aug 21 ₹16,545 31 Aug 22 ₹19,604 31 Aug 23 ₹26,941 31 Aug 24 ₹42,708 31 Aug 25 ₹39,954 Returns for HDFC Infrastructure Fund
absolute basis
& more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate)
basis. as on 17 Sep 25 Duration Returns 1 Month 2% 3 Month 1.9% 6 Month 18.4% 1 Year -3.1% 3 Year 27.6% 5 Year 33.4% 10 Year 15 Year Since launch Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis
Year Returns 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 Fund Manager information for HDFC Infrastructure Fund
Name Since Tenure Srinivasan Ramamurthy 12 Jan 24 1.64 Yr. Dhruv Muchhal 22 Jun 23 2.2 Yr. Data below for HDFC Infrastructure Fund as on 31 Jul 25
Equity Sector Allocation
Sector Value Industrials 38.91% Financial Services 20.57% Basic Materials 10.46% Utility 6.9% Energy 6.37% Communication Services 3.71% Real Estate 2.25% Health Care 1.77% Technology 1.36% Consumer Cyclical 0.47% Asset Allocation
Asset Class Value Cash 7.23% Equity 92.77% Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio
Name Holding Value Quantity ICICI Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 Oct 09 | ICICIBANK8% ₹193 Cr 1,300,000 HDFC Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 Aug 23 | HDFCBANK6% ₹141 Cr 700,000 Larsen & Toubro Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 30 Jun 12 | LT5% ₹138 Cr 380,000 J Kumar Infraprojects Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 Oct 15 | JKIL4% ₹99 Cr 1,400,000 InterGlobe Aviation Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 Dec 21 | INDIGO3% ₹89 Cr 150,000 Kalpataru Projects International Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 Jan 23 | KPIL3% ₹87 Cr 758,285 NTPC Ltd (Utilities)
Equity, Since 31 Dec 17 | 5325553% ₹74 Cr 2,200,000 Reliance Industries Ltd (Energy)
Equity, Since 31 May 24 | RELIANCE3% ₹70 Cr 500,000 Bharti Airtel Ltd (Communication Services)
Equity, Since 30 Sep 20 | BHARTIARTL3% ₹67 Cr 350,000 G R Infraprojects Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 Jul 21 | 5433172% ₹57 Cr 470,000 2. Franklin Build India Fund
Franklin Build India Fund
Growth Launch Date 4 Sep 09 NAV (17 Sep 25) ₹143.486 ↑ 0.35 (0.24 %) Net Assets (Cr) ₹2,950 on 31 Jul 25 Category Equity - Sectoral AMC Franklin Templeton Asst Mgmt(IND)Pvt Ltd Rating ☆☆☆☆☆ Risk High Expense Ratio 2.01 Sharpe Ratio -0.51 Information Ratio 0 Alpha Ratio 0 Min Investment 5,000 Min SIP Investment 500 Exit Load 0-1 Years (1%),1 Years and above(NIL) Growth of 10,000 investment over the years.
Date Value 31 Aug 20 ₹10,000 31 Aug 21 ₹17,164 31 Aug 22 ₹19,308 31 Aug 23 ₹25,108 31 Aug 24 ₹41,493 31 Aug 25 ₹38,961 Returns for Franklin Build India Fund
absolute basis
& more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate)
basis. as on 17 Sep 25 Duration Returns 1 Month 2.7% 3 Month 3.1% 6 Month 18% 1 Year -2% 3 Year 27.3% 5 Year 33.1% 10 Year 15 Year Since launch 18.1% Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis
Year Returns 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 Fund Manager information for Franklin Build India Fund
Name Since Tenure Ajay Argal 18 Oct 21 3.87 Yr. Kiran Sebastian 7 Feb 22 3.57 Yr. Sandeep Manam 18 Oct 21 3.87 Yr. Data below for Franklin Build India Fund as on 31 Jul 25
Equity Sector Allocation
Sector Value Industrials 35.65% Utility 13.57% Energy 12.61% Financial Services 11.6% Communication Services 7.94% Basic Materials 5.39% Real Estate 3.3% Consumer Cyclical 3.01% Technology 2.56% Asset Allocation
Asset Class Value Cash 4.35% Equity 95.65% Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio
Name Holding Value Quantity Larsen & Toubro Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 29 Feb 20 | LT8% ₹242 Cr 665,000 ICICI Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 Mar 12 | ICICIBANK6% ₹178 Cr 1,200,000 InterGlobe Aviation Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 29 Feb 20 | INDIGO6% ₹177 Cr 300,000 Reliance Industries Ltd (Energy)
Equity, Since 31 Oct 21 | RELIANCE6% ₹167 Cr 1,200,000 Oil & Natural Gas Corp Ltd (Energy)
Equity, Since 30 Jun 19 | 5003125% ₹154 Cr 6,400,000
↑ 400,000 NTPC Ltd (Utilities)
Equity, Since 30 Nov 16 | 5325555% ₹138 Cr 4,125,000 Bharti Airtel Ltd (Communication Services)
Equity, Since 30 Sep 09 | BHARTIARTL5% ₹136 Cr 710,000 Axis Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 Mar 12 | 5322154% ₹107 Cr 1,000,000 Power Grid Corp Of India Ltd (Utilities)
Equity, Since 28 Feb 21 | 5328984% ₹105 Cr 3,600,000 Sobha Ltd (Real Estate)
Equity, Since 31 Aug 17 | SOBHA3% ₹88 Cr 547,553
Research Highlights for HDFC Infrastructure Fund