+91-22-48913909Retirement Calculator: Evaluate and Invest
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.
Understanding Retirement Calculator
While using a retirement calculator, you would need to enter certain variables, such as-
- Your current age
- Your current monthly expenses
- Expected Inflation rate (annual) for the years to come
- Long-term growth rate on investments
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).
Retirement Calculator: Evaluation Process
1. Calculating your Current Monthly Expenses
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- *
- Household expenses – INR 10,000
- Transportation expenses- INR 2,000
- Utility expenses-** INR 3,000**
- Other lifestyle expenses (movies, dining, etc.) - INR 3,000
- Miscellaneous expense- INR 2000
Total Monthly Expenses- INR 20,000
Know Your Monthly SIP Amount
2. Understand Inflation Rate for Coming Years
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.
3. Long Term Growth Rate of Investments
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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4. Investment Evaluation
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).
5. Total Corpus
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 generate capital appreciation by investing in Equity and Equity Related Instruments of companies where the Central / State Government(s) has majority shareholding or management control or has powers to appoint majority of directors. However, there is no assurance or guarantee that the investment objective of the Scheme will be achieved. The Scheme does not assure or guarantee any returns. Below is the key information for Invesco India PSU Equity 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. Invesco India PSU Equity Fund
Invesco India PSU Equity Fund
Growth Launch Date 18 Nov 09 NAV (30 Dec 25) ₹65.2 ↑ 0.17 (0.26 %) Net Assets (Cr) ₹1,445 on 30 Nov 25 Category Equity - Sectoral AMC Invesco Asset Management (India) Private Ltd Rating ☆☆☆ Risk High Expense Ratio 2.14 Sharpe Ratio 0.06 Information Ratio -0.49 Alpha Ratio -0.45 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 30 Nov 20 ₹10,000 30 Nov 21 ₹13,532 30 Nov 22 ₹16,574 30 Nov 23 ₹21,911 30 Nov 24 ₹33,100 30 Nov 25 ₹34,463 Returns for Invesco India PSU Equity Fund
absolute basis & more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) basis. as on 30 Dec 25 Duration Returns 1 Month -0.4% 3 Month 2.5% 6 Month -0.2% 1 Year 9.5% 3 Year 28.2% 5 Year 27.3% 10 Year 15 Year Since launch 12.3% Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis
Year Returns 2024 25.6% 2023 54.5% 2022 20.5% 2021 31.1% 2020 6.1% 2019 10.1% 2018 -16.9% 2017 24.3% 2016 17.9% 2015 2.5% Fund Manager information for Invesco India PSU Equity Fund
Name Since Tenure Hiten Jain 1 Jul 25 0.42 Yr. Sagar Gandhi 1 Jul 25 0.42 Yr. Data below for Invesco India PSU Equity Fund as on 30 Nov 25
Equity Sector Allocation
Sector Value Industrials 31.46% Financial Services 29.47% Utility 20.02% Energy 13.28% Basic Materials 2.92% Asset Allocation
Asset Class Value Cash 2.85% Equity 97.15% Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio
Name Holding Value Quantity State Bank of India (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 28 Feb 21 | SBIN10% ₹140 Cr 1,426,314 Bharat Electronics Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 Mar 17 | BEL9% ₹123 Cr 2,997,692 Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (Energy)
Equity, Since 30 Sep 18 | BPCL7% ₹104 Cr 2,901,565 Indian Bank (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 30 Jun 21 | INDIANB7% ₹94 Cr 1,080,618 Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd Ordinary Shares (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 May 22 | HAL6% ₹89 Cr 196,158 NTPC Green Energy Ltd (Utilities)
Equity, Since 30 Nov 24 | NTPCGREEN6% ₹83 Cr 8,790,786 NTPC Ltd (Utilities)
Equity, Since 31 May 19 | NTPC5% ₹66 Cr 2,024,963 Bharat Dynamics Ltd Ordinary Shares (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 May 22 | BDL4% ₹64 Cr 424,045 Bank of Baroda (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 30 Jun 21 | BANKBARODA4% ₹61 Cr 2,116,392 Dredging Corp of India Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 Jul 25 | DREDGECORP4% ₹55 Cr 646,300
↑ 174,490 2. HDFC Infrastructure Fund
HDFC Infrastructure Fund
Growth Launch Date 10 Mar 08 NAV (30 Dec 25) ₹47.044 ↓ -0.10 (-0.21 %) Net Assets (Cr) ₹2,514 on 30 Nov 25 Category Equity - Sectoral AMC HDFC Asset Management Company Limited Rating ☆☆☆ Risk High Expense Ratio 2.06 Sharpe Ratio -0.15 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 30 Nov 20 ₹10,000 30 Nov 21 ₹16,017 30 Nov 22 ₹19,623 30 Nov 23 ₹27,687 30 Nov 24 ₹38,227 30 Nov 25 ₹38,951 Returns for HDFC Infrastructure Fund
absolute basis & more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) basis. as on 30 Dec 25 Duration Returns 1 Month -2.2% 3 Month -0.5% 6 Month -2.7% 1 Year 1.7% 3 Year 24.6% 5 Year 27.1% 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 Dhruv Muchhal 22 Jun 23 2.45 Yr. Ashish Shah 1 Nov 25 0.08 Yr. Data below for HDFC Infrastructure Fund as on 30 Nov 25
Equity Sector Allocation
Sector Value Industrials 39.35% Financial Services 20.43% Basic Materials 10.2% Energy 6.93% Utility 6.76% Communication Services 4.12% Real Estate 2.48% Health Care 1.75% Technology 1.41% Consumer Cyclical 0.66% Asset Allocation
Asset Class Value Cash 5.91% Equity 94.09% Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio
Name Holding Value Quantity Larsen & Toubro Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 30 Jun 12 | LT6% ₹155 Cr 380,000 ICICI Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 Oct 09 | ICICIBANK6% ₹153 Cr 1,100,000 HDFC Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 Aug 23 | HDFCBANK6% ₹141 Cr 1,400,000 Kalpataru Projects International Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 Jan 23 | 5222874% ₹91 Cr 758,285 InterGlobe Aviation Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 Dec 21 | INDIGO4% ₹89 Cr 150,000 J Kumar Infraprojects Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 Oct 15 | JKIL3% ₹82 Cr 1,400,000 Reliance Industries Ltd (Energy)
Equity, Since 31 May 24 | RELIANCE3% ₹78 Cr 500,000 Bharti Airtel Ltd (Communication Services)
Equity, Since 30 Sep 20 | BHARTIARTL3% ₹74 Cr 350,000 NTPC Ltd (Utilities)
Equity, Since 31 Dec 17 | NTPC3% ₹72 Cr 2,200,000 State Bank of India (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 Mar 08 | SBIN3% ₹69 Cr 704,361
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Research Highlights for Invesco India PSU Equity Fund