Retirement Planning

 

What is Retirement
Planning?

 According to Investopedia , Retirement planning is
the process of determining 
retirement income goals, and the actions and decisions necessary to
achieve those goals. 
Retirement planning includes identifying sources of income, sizing up
expenses, implementing a savings program, and managing assets and
risk.

 One should have a fixed budget for retirement. One should start
retirement planning a early as possible and they should also track and review
their plan wisely.

                                                                                          

                                                                                      

                                                                                    

How to make an effective Retirement Plan?


Let us understand the same through an example:

 (You can get retirement calculator online)

ANSHUL’S RETIREMENT
PLAN

Current Age

25

Monthly expense

179500

Retirement Age

50

No of years for
retirement

25

Life expectancy

75

% expenses after
retirement

100%

Inflation Rate

7%

Value of  monthly expenses post retirement

Rs. 9,74,224.16

No of years in
retirement

25

Return on Corpus

8%

Corpus required to
account for retirement expenses

Rs. 25,87,17,770.81

 

MONTHLY EXPENSE SHEET

Particulars

Amount

Groceries

5000

Fruits and vegetables

1500

Clothing

1000

Electricity

1500

Water supply

500

Medical expenses

1000

Medical insurance

2000

 Loans
and interest

100000

Maintenance expenses

5000

Other insurance

2000

Education expenses

20000

Servant Salaries

40000

Total 
monthly expenses

Rs.179500

 

Analysis from the preparation of Retirement Plan

In
the above plan, assuming that I will start earning at the age of 25, it can be
seen that monthly expense of Rs.179500 will translate into Rs.9.74 lacs at the
time of retirement which needs a huge corpus or saving of almost Rs. 25.87
crores given the inflation rate of 7%.It also becomes clear that financial
security is much dependent on proper and adequate financial planning. One also comes to know that the value obtainable for money will be far less at a future date.


                                                                       Conclusion 

 One can  even personally in order to maintain a similar lifestyle to their current
lifestyle, it is necessary to begin saving for retirement as early as possible.
So, when I will start retirement planning, generally 50%, 30%,20% rule is
applied where 50% of the income goes to your needs, 30% for wants and 20% for
savings.  One can  follow the same rule to make my retirement plan more
effective.