Goal planning calculator

A goal that costs a sum today will cost more when you reach it, because prices rise. This works out the future cost and what to invest to meet it.

The monthly SIP or one-time sum needed to reach a goal, with inflation

Your figures
₹
₹10,000₹10,00,00,000
years
1 year40 years
%
1%15%
%
1%30%
Monthly SIP needed
₹15,416
What it will cost then
₹35,81,695
Or one sum invested today
₹11,53,210
Paid in through the SIP
₹18,49,897

The SIP's value at each year end

  • Invested
  • Gains
Costs today₹20,00,000
Will cost in 10 years₹35,81,695

Prices rising 6% a year: the SIP above is worked out to reach the cost then, not the cost today.

What if

5 more years to it

₹9,499

₹5,917 lower

A return 2% higher

₹13,666

₹1,750 lower

Prices rising 2% slower

₹12,742

₹2,674 lower

How it is worked out

Future cost = cost today × (1 + inflation)^years

Monthly SIP needed = future cost ÷ (((1 + i)ⁿ − 1) ÷ i × (1 + i)), with i the monthly rate and n the months; one-time sum needed = future cost ÷ (1 + r)^years