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We all have our aspirations and dreams for golden years of our life. We want to have freedom to do whatever we may want and hope to fulfill all the desires that were not fulfilled during the course of working life. It will only be possible if we have planned it well and enough funds are available to help us live our dreams. Thus, plan today for a beautiful post-retirement life.

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Our vision is to provide innovative and customer-centric insurance plans that can help our customers secure their family's future as well as help them with other benefits such as tax savings. Keeping this in mind we offer a large range of life insurance plans such as term insurance plan, women's plan, health insurance plans, pension plans for retirement planning, child education plans, ULIPs, Savings plans. Most of these life insurance policies are available online, so buy one today and Sar Utha Ke Jiyo!.

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HDFC Life Insurance Company Limited. CIN: L65110MH2000PLC128245, IRDAI Reg. No. 101.

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Needless to say that  retirement is one of the important phases of a person’s life when the person, after decades of dedicated service, finally calls it a day and so, these golden years become  a time of relaxed rejoicing when, after years of toiling and handling responsibilities, a person can finally share the precious moments with her/ his family and thus, can have a feeling of full-fledged family life.</p>\n\n<p>Retirement is not something that has to be faced or even defined in terms of professionals who earn a regular monthly salary. In fact, every person, be it in any sector has a guaranteed  requirement of annuity and related products. Annuity instruments allow the person to be completely independent when it comes to financial terms without having to depend upon the monetary aid from her/his children. Therefore, having the right kind of <a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/insurance-knowledge-centre/about-life-insurance/meaning-and-definition-of-annuity">annuity</a> in place is extremely essential because it allows one to retain the savings corpus for important life events and at the same time, it allows your funds to be channelized. Following are the important steps that can actually determine what kind of an annuity product can work best for you:</p>\n\n<ol>\n\t<li>Invest in health-insurance and specific plans simultaneously: You may not be in the prime of your health in your sunset years and therefore, start early when it comes to building up the financial safeguard in times of emergency. This ensures that your <a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/savings-investment-plans"><strong>savings and the returns from the investments</strong></a> made by you do not suffer due to medical contingencies.</li>\n\t<li>Start early: The cost of living in India is on an upward spiral and this makes us feel the pinch with each passing day. Therefore, it is important to start investing in your future as soon as you start earning. Younger the person is at the time of commencement of relegating funds towards an investment, higher is the term build up and the resulting payout at the time of investment-maturity.</li>\n\t<li>Allocate a fixed percentage of your income towards retirement corpus: Investing a fixed percentage of the income towards the main retirement corpus always helps. One must also be careful not to use any part of the corpus (i.e. the main amount) before retirement.</li>\n\t<li>Consider the inflation factor while taking a <strong>retirement plan</strong>:  Seeking to invest and build up on that investment is important. However, the fact that inflation affects the financial planning heavily must never be ignored or belittled. Inflation can make your returns take a plunge and therefore, while choosing any plan, you must make sure that you have taken the futuristic price-rise projections into your consideration.</li>\n</ol>\n\n<p style="margin-left:36.0pt;">HDFC Life offers a range of exclusive and comprehensive <strong><a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/insurance-knowledge-centre/retirement-planning/pension-plans-guide-india">retirement and pension-benefit plans</a></strong> that are directed towards ensuring your financial independence even after you retire. For more details, check the mentioned link:</p>\n\n<p><a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/retirement-and-pension-plans">https://www.hdfclife.com/retirement-and-pension-plans</a>.</p>\n\n<p style="text-align:center"><a href="https://onlineinsurance.hdfclife.com/buy-online-retirement-and-pension-plans/click-2-retire-plan/Calculator?source=NW_KC_retirementandpensionbenefitplans_CalcP_C2R&agentcode=00399206"><img alt="" src="https://beta-api.hdfclife.tech/2.0/redirect/media/image/re.jpg" /></a></p>\n\n<p> </p>', 'tag_list': [{'text': 'Retirement', 'link': '/insurance-knowledge-centre/retirement-planning'}, {'text': 'Tax Planning', 'link': '/insurance-knowledge-centre/tax-saving-insurance-old'}, {'text': 'Insurance Basics', 'link': '/insurance-knowledge-centre/about-life-insurance'}, {'text': 'Tax', 'link': '/insurance-knowledge-centre/tax-saving-insurance'}, {'text': 'Tax Saving', 'link': '/topics/tags/tax-saving'}, {'text': 'Investment', 'link': '/insurance-knowledge-centre/investment-for-future-planning'}], 'image': {'banner': 'iiGme6BAudwz8qO'}, 'excerpt': 'HDFC Life offers a range of exclusive and comprehensive retirement and pension-benefit plans that are directed towards ensuring your financial independence even after you retire.', 'blog_author': None, 'category_url': '/insurance-knowledge-centre/retirement-planning/', 'view_count': 2327, 'categories': ['insurance-knowledge-centre', 'retirement-planning'], 'publish_at': '2019-03-18T12:08:00Z'}, {'id': 1066, 'title': 'Govt makes NPS withdrawal limit 100 per cent tax free', 'attributes': [{'type': 'textfield', 'data': {'label': 'description', 'slug': 'description', 'value': 'Under NPS, a taxpayer can invest money in pension account, will have the option to take part of the corpus as lump-sum, To know more about NPS withdrawal limit, Visit Now!'}, 'validations': {}}, {'type': 'textfield', 'data': {'label': 'title', 'slug': 'title', 'value': 'National Pension Scheme (NPS) Investment - Features & Benefits | HDFC Life'}, 'validations': {}}, {'type': 'textfield', 'data': {'label': 'keywords', 'slug': 'keywords', 'value': 'NPS withdrawal limit, National Pension System, Income after retirement, Tax Benefits'}, 'validations': {}}, {'type': 'textarea', 'data': {'label': 'adobe dtm script', 'slug': 'adobe-dtm-script', 'value': ''}, 'validations': {}}, {'type': 'textfield', 'data': {'label': 'carousel', 'slug': 'carousel', 'value': 'specialCarousel'}, 'validations': {}}, {'type': 'textfield', 'data': {'label': 'article button text', 'slug': 'article-button-text', 'value': 'Plan Income tax '}, 'validations': {}}, {'type': 'textfield', 'data': {'label': 'article button link', 'slug': 'article-button-link', 'value': 'https://www.hdfclife.com/insurance-knowledge-centre/retirement-planning/nps-withdrawal-limit-100percent-tax-free?source=NW_KC_NPSWL100TF_PIT72&agentcode=00399206'}, 'validations': {}}], 'banner_image': {'alt': {'en': 'Govt makes NPS withdrawal limit 100 per cent tax free'}, 'banner_image': 'https://brandsite-static.hdfclife.com/media/image/Image-Resize_KC---6-Articles_5_874-X-364.jpg', 'thumbnail_image': 'https://brandsite-static.hdfclife.com/media/image/Image-Resize_KC---6-Articles_5_874-X-364_thumb.jpg', 'tile_image': 'https://brandsite-static.hdfclife.com/media/image/Image-Resize_KC---6-Articles_5_874-X-364_tile.jpg', 'id': 'gXyMslDdxsni370', 'url': 'https://brandsite-static.hdfclife.com/media/image/Image-Resize_KC---6-Articles_5_874-X-364.jpg'}, 'thumbnail_image': 'https://brandsite-static.hdfclife.com/media/image/Image-Resize_KC---6-Articles_5_874-X-364_thumb.jpg', 'tile_image': 'https://brandsite-static.hdfclife.com/media/image/Image-Resize_KC---6-Articles_5_874-X-364_tile.jpg', 'slug': 'nps-withdrawal-limit-100percent-tax-free', 'tags': ['Retirement Planning', 'Retirement', 'Insurance Basics', 'Health', 'Tax', 'Investment', 'insurance'], 'url': '/insurance-knowledge-centre/retirement-planning/nps-withdrawal-limit-100percent-tax-free', 'content': '<link href="/static/iwov-resources/css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" />\n<p>Every organization offers its employees a pension scheme. The <a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/insurance-knowledge-centre/investment-for-future-planning/national-pension-scheme">National Pension System</a> was launched on January 1, 2004 with the aim of providing people with an <a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/insurance-knowledge-centre/retirement-planning/reducing-income-taxes-after-retirement">income after retirement</a>. The scheme that was earlier meant only for the government employees was opened to all private employees in 2009.</p>\n\n<p>Under NPS, a taxpayer can invest money in pension account, will have the option to take part of the corpus as lump-sum and the remaining in the form of a fixed monthly income. At 60, NPS subscribers are allowed to withdraw 60 per cent of the corpus of which, presently 40 per cent is tax exempt. However, the government has recently proposed to make the entire 60 per cent tax free. The proposed amendment will be effective from the tax year 2019-20. The remaining 40 per cent of the money will have to be invested in monthly pension annuity plan.</p>\n\n<p>The NPS offers two choices to its subscribers:<br />\n1) Active Choice: where the investor can decide how to invest the money in different assets</p>\n\n<p>2) Auto choice or lifecycle fund is the default option wherein the money in invested automatically as per the subscriber’s age.<br />\n<br />\nFurther the NPS offers two accounts: Tier-I and Tier-II. While Tier-I is a mandatory account, Tier-II is voluntary. Also, you aren’t authorized to withdraw all the money from Tier-I account till your retirement. However, from the Tier-II account, you can withdraw all the money invested in it.</p>\n\n<p>The government’s move to make NPS withdrawal limit tax free can be seen as a positive move to draw more investors into the scheme. Further with <a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/insurance-knowledge-centre/retirement-planning/tax-benefits-of-various-pension-plans">tax benefits</a> under various sections of the Income Tax (Act), the investors will surely now look towards enhancing their investment portfolio in the last quarter of the financial year.</p>\n\n<p>HDFC Life offers pension and retirement plans that are aimed at securing your retired life. For details, click on the mentioned link: <a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/retirement-and-pension-plans">https://www.hdfclife.com/retirement-and-pension-plans</a>.</p>\n\n<p style="text-align:center"><a href="https://onlineinsurance.hdfclife.com/buy-online-retirement-and-pension-plans/click-2-retire-plan/Calculator?source=NW_KC_NPS100PercentTaxFree_CalcP_C2R&agentcode=00399206"><img alt="" src="https://beta-api.hdfclife.tech/2.0/redirect/media/image/retirement calculator.png" /></a></p>', 'tag_list': [{'text': 'Retirement Planning'}, {'text': 'Retirement', 'link': '/insurance-knowledge-centre/retirement-planning'}, {'text': 'Insurance Basics', 'link': '/insurance-knowledge-centre/about-life-insurance'}, {'text': 'Health', 'link': '/insurance-knowledge-centre/secure-your-health'}, {'text': 'Tax', 'link': '/insurance-knowledge-centre/tax-saving-insurance'}, {'text': 'Investment', 'link': '/insurance-knowledge-centre/investment-for-future-planning'}, {'text': 'insurance'}], 'image': {'banner': 'gXyMslDdxsni370'}, 'excerpt': 'HDFC Life offers pension and retirement plans that are aimed at securing your retired life.', 'blog_author': None, 'category_url': '/insurance-knowledge-centre/retirement-planning/', 'view_count': 3021, 'categories': ['insurance-knowledge-centre', 'retirement-planning'], 'publish_at': '2019-03-11T07:27:00Z'}, {'id': 1065, 'title': 'How to view your PF passbook using UMANG app', 'attributes': [{'type': 'textfield', 'data': {'label': 'description', 'slug': 'description', 'value': 'The government of India had launched the mobile app Umang, with the aim to provide access to many government services in one place. 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The app provides multiple facilities for subscribers of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (<a href="https://www.ndtv.com/business/epf-account-withdrawal-claim-filing-online-epfo-announces-new-rules-1838689">EPFO</a>). It helps EPFO subscribers access all services from this app. The app is currently available on Google, Apple and Windows platforms. The app also provides seamless integration with services like Aadhaar and <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/business/aadhaar-card-update-how-to-change-mobile-number-email-id-via-digilocker-1830574" target="_blank">Digilocker</a>.</p>\n\n<h2><strong>Umang benefits </strong></h2>\n\n<p>Subscribers can raise provident fund (PF) claims.</p>\n\n<p>Members can view their passbook and initiate enquiry about PF balance<br />\n<br />\nYou can even track your PF claim</p>\n\n<p>Members can get access to remittance details by using an establishment ID<br />\n<br />\nYou can also search for EPFO offices</p>\n\n<p>You can know the status of your PF claim<br />\n<br />\nH<strong>ow to check PF account balance via Umang app</strong><br />\n- Open Umang app and click on EPFO.</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>You will be directed to a page which shows employee centric services, general services, employer centric services, eKYC servcies, and Jeevan Praman.</li>\n\t<li>Click on 'view passbook' and type put your UAN.</li>\n\t<li>Log in and input the one time password (OTP) that you will receive on your registered mobile number.</li>\n\t<li>The OTP is valid for 30 minutes. After inputting the OTP, you will be able to see your PF passbook.</li>\n\t<li>HDFC Life offers pension and <a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/retirement-and-pension-plans">retirement plans</a> that are aimed at securing your retired life. 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Understandably, every person wishes to live a comfortable retired life with no financial hassles and in fact, every person is entitled to such a stress-free retired life. After all, this is the golden phase of life and the ideal time to fulfill the special commitments that you have towards your loved ones. This is also the time when all the time that you have on your hands is meant for self development and for your family. Therefore, it is very important that you must begin <a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/insurance-knowledge-centre/retirement-planning/tips-for-buying-retirement-plan">planning for retirement</a> at a timely stage when you are at the peak of your potential professional growth. This will ensure that the time-factor is in your favor and by the time you retire, there is a sufficient fund corpus in place for all your requirements.</p>\n\n<p>There are a lot of factors which decide what sort of coverage will be ideal for you and your dependent family members after your retirement. However, there are certain mistakes that professionals commonly commit while planning their retirement. Below mentioned are five major factors that you must avoid while investing for retirement:</p>\n\n<ol>\n\t<li>Delayed approach: A timely decision is the best decision. Ideally, you must start planning for your retirement in the early stages of your career because this will allow you a proper term in years to build up and retain a sufficient coverage for your golden years. Therefore, it is important that you take a timely decision and start saving as soon as you are in a position to do so.</li>\n\t<li>Not choosing the due sum assured: Sum assured is the amount of funds that you will be entitled to when you retire. You must carefully choose the total sum coverage that you require post retirement in order to avoid being underinsured. For this, it is important to carefully list out your specific requirements and match them with the sum assured as per the <a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/retirement-and-pension-plans/click-2-retire">retirement plan</a> that you wish to choose.</li>\n\t<li>Not considering the inflation-factor: This is one of the most common mistakes that people make while planning for the future requirements. While choosing the coverage scope that you wish to avail, it is very important that you take inflation into consideration. Inflation is the general increase in prices over a period of time and reflects the cost of living index that will be in vogue after some decades. For any proper <a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/insurance-knowledge-centre/retirement-planning" target="_blank">retirement planning</a>, it is very essential that you consider this factor carefully.</li>\n\t<li>Wrong investment choices: Investment choices may be either equity-based, high-risk options or debt-based, low-risk ones. When you choose an investment option, ensure that it is as per your risk-appetite and the time-period that you have in mind for specific financial goals. Any unplanned decision can severely impact your financial freedom.</li>\n\t<li>Not having a balanced portfolio: You must equally invest in debt and equity fund options and not take a one-sided approach to investment. This will ensure that there is optimum fund growth and a durable financial reserve is created by the time of your retirement. Therefore, you must aim for a balanced financial portfolio.</li>\n</ol>\n\n<p>HDFC Life offers various pension and retirement plans that seek to secure optimum benefits for your retired life. For details, click on the mentioned link: <a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/retirement-and-pension-plans">https://www.hdfclife.com/retirement-and-pension-plans</a>.</p>\n\n<p style="text-align:center"><a href="https://onlineinsurance.hdfclife.com/buy-online-retirement-and-pension-plans/click-2-retire-plan/Calculator?source=NW_KC_5ThingsToAvoidInvestingReti_CalcP_C2R&agentcode=00399206"><img alt="" src="https://beta-api.hdfclife.tech/2.0/redirect/media/image/pension plan.jpg" /></a></p>', 'tag_list': [{'text': 'Retirement Planning'}, {'text': 'Retirement', 'link': '/insurance-knowledge-centre/retirement-planning'}, {'text': 'Insurance Basics', 'link': '/insurance-knowledge-centre/about-life-insurance'}, {'text': 'Health', 'link': '/insurance-knowledge-centre/secure-your-health'}, {'text': 'Tax', 'link': '/insurance-knowledge-centre/tax-saving-insurance'}, {'text': 'Investment', 'link': '/insurance-knowledge-centre/investment-for-future-planning'}, {'text': 'insurance'}], 'image': {'banner': 'uCjTGyWwszTDR31'}, 'excerpt': 'HDFC Life offers various pension and retirement plans that seek to secure optimum benefits for your retired life.', 'blog_author': None, 'category_url': '/insurance-knowledge-centre/retirement-planning/', 'view_count': 1594, 'categories': ['insurance-knowledge-centre', 'retirement-planning'], 'publish_at': '2019-03-11T07:27:00Z'}, {'id': 1014, 'title': 'How to Plan for Retirement as Per your Age', 'attributes': [{'type': 'textfield', 'data': {'label': 'description', 'slug': 'description', 'value': "The thumb rule for planning a retirement is, 'the earlier you start, the better it is'. This article covers all the pros & cons so that you can start planning today!"}, 'validations': {}}, {'type': 'textfield', 'data': {'label': 'title', 'slug': 'title', 'value': 'Plan Retirement as Per Age - One Guide for All Ages | HDFC Life'}, 'validations': {}}, {'type': 'textfield', 'data': {'label': 'keywords', 'slug': 'keywords', 'value': 'retirement planning, effective retirement planning, how to plan for retirement, plan retirement'}, 'validations': {}}, {'type': 'textarea', 'data': {'label': 'adobe dtm script', 'slug': 'adobe-dtm-script', 'value': ''}, 'validations': {}}, {'type': 'textfield', 'data': {'label': 'carousel', 'slug': 'carousel', 'value': 'specialCarousel'}, 'validations': {}}, {'type': 'textfield', 'data': {'label': 'article button text', 'slug': 'article-button-text', 'value': 'Plan Your Retirement Now'}, 'validations': {}}, {'type': 'textfield', 'data': {'label': 'article button link', 'slug': 'article-button-link', 'value': 'https://www.hdfclife.com/retirement-and-pension-plans?source=NW_KC_PlanRW_2&agentcode=00399206'}, 'validations': {}}], 'banner_image': {'alt': {'en': 'Travelling the world post retirement'}, 'banner_image': 'https://brandsite-static.hdfclife.com/media/image/financial moves.jpg', 'thumbnail_image': 'https://brandsite-static.hdfclife.com/media/image/financial moves_thumb.jpg', 'tile_image': 'https://brandsite-static.hdfclife.com/media/image/financial moves_tile.jpg', 'id': 'iCIAWQDr1XgAMlM', 'url': 'https://brandsite-static.hdfclife.com/media/image/financial moves.jpg'}, 'thumbnail_image': 'https://brandsite-static.hdfclife.com/media/image/financial moves_thumb.jpg', 'tile_image': 'https://brandsite-static.hdfclife.com/media/image/financial moves_tile.jpg', 'slug': 'retirement-planning-as-per-age', 'tags': ['Retirement', 'Insurance Basics', 'Health', 'Investment', 'Tax', 'Child'], 'url': '/insurance-knowledge-centre/retirement-planning/retirement-planning-as-per-age', 'content': '<link href="/static/iwov-resources/css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" />\n<p>The thumb rule for <a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/retirement-and-pension-plans">retirement planning</a> is – the earlier you start, the more you save. However, with age, your priorities change too. So, you need to factor in the cost of living in the present vis-à-vis future, inflationary pressures as well as healthcare costs. It is not about the “quantity”, it is more about the “quality” and your future needs. Retirement planning has its pros and cons. It is upto you to choose wisely.</p>\n\n<p>Let us take you through an age-wise retirement planning proposal.</p>\n\n<h2><strong>If you’re in your 20s</strong></h2>\n\n<p>Twenties is the best time to start your retirement planning. You may want to enjoy your life at the moment, but if you are able to save now you will save a huge corpus by the time you retire. Further, you will have a lower premium amount as it will add up to a higher <a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/insurance-knowledge-centre/investment-for-future-planning/high-return-investment" target="_blank">investment</a> value by the time you decide to increase the amount. Early start will lay the foundation for your future savings initiatives.</p>\n\n<h2><strong>If you’re in your 30s</strong></h2>\n\n<p>By now, maturity has set in. You are more responsible towards not just yourself but also your family. Thus, you will begin planning a corpus without any financial load. Further, the longer term you invest for, the more you will be able to generate interest and save more. Check out <a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/retirement-and-pension-plans/personal-pension-plus">HDFC Life Personal Pension Plus</a>.</p>\n\n<h2><strong>If you’re in your 40s</strong></h2>\n\n<p>Experts consider it a safe bet for starting your retirement plans. You have two decades more to build a substantial sum for your future needs. However, in the 40s, what actually is cumbersome is your present financial needs. It can be your child’s education, parents health needs or may be even your needs. Your approach towards saving in this time period will have to be a little conservative keeping in mind both present and future circumstances. You will have to ensure you do not stretch yourself beyond a certain limit. At the same time, save a little at least to add to your future corpus, instead of spending it all in the present. You can start even with your company’s retirement plans if they have any. Or else, check out <a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/retirement-and-pension-plans/pension-guaranteed-plan">HDFC Life Pension Guaranteed Plan</a>.</p>\n\n<h2><strong>If you’re in your 50s or beyond</strong></h2>\n\n<p>Better late than never. You can still start saving till your retirement. You will need to be a little more aggressive in saving. All this will be possible because you may not really have major financial obligations and thus, you can take out a heavy chunk from your earnings and put it all up for savings. If you’ve decided to take the retirement call earlier than you thought, you could seek some consultant opportunities at places so there is a steady stream of income from which you can demarcate some for your retirement planning.</p>\n\n<p>All said and done, don’t push yourself to the end of your retirement and make an early start. HDFC Life presents a host of retirement plans for an effective <a href="http://www.hdfclife.com/insurance-knowledge-centre/retirement-planning/indians-retirement-plan">retirement planning</a>. For details, click on the mentioned link: <a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/retirement-and-pension-plans">https://www.hdfclife.com/retirement-and-pension-plans</a>.</p>\n\n<p style="text-align:center"><a href="https://onlineinsurance.hdfclife.com/buy-online-retirement-and-pension-plans/click-2-retire-plan/Calculator?source=NW_KC_PlanRetirementasPerAge_CalcP_UL8C2I&agentcode=00399206"><img alt="" src="https://beta-api.hdfclife.tech/2.0/redirect/media/image/re.jpg" /></a></p>\n\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a class="nav-btn red-btn" href="https://www.hdfclife.com/financial-tools-calculators/retirement-planning-calculator" rel="noopener" style="position: relative; color: #fff; background: #d51d25; border-radius: 2px; vertical-align: middle; font: 14px \'Source Sans Pro\'; font-weight: 600; padding: 10px 20px; margin-right: 8px; margin-left: 0;" target="_blank">Retirement Planning Calculator</a></p>\n\n<h3><strong>Related Articles</strong></h3>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li><a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/insurance-knowledge-centre/retirement-planning" target="_blank">RETIREMENT PLANNING GUIDE</a></li>\n\t<li><a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/insurance-knowledge-centre/retirement-planning/retirement-planning-in-india" target="_blank">Retirement Calculator: How to plan an early retirement</a></li>\n\t<li><a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/insurance-knowledge-centre/about-life-insurance/nearing-retirement" target="_blank">Insurance Needs of Individuals Nearing Retirement</a></li>\n\t<li><a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/insurance-knowledge-centre/retirement-planning/asset-allocation-for-retirement-planning" target="_blank">Retirement planning - how important is asset allocation</a></li>\n\t<li><a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/insurance-knowledge-centre/retirement-planning/retirement-planning-tips-for-late-starters" target="_blank">Retirement Planning Tips for Late Starters</a></li>\n</ul>', 'tag_list': [{'text': 'Retirement', 'link': '/insurance-knowledge-centre/retirement-planning'}, {'text': 'Insurance Basics', 'link': '/insurance-knowledge-centre/about-life-insurance'}, {'text': 'Health', 'link': '/insurance-knowledge-centre/secure-your-health'}, {'text': 'Investment', 'link': '/insurance-knowledge-centre/investment-for-future-planning'}, {'text': 'Tax', 'link': '/insurance-knowledge-centre/tax-saving-insurance'}, {'text': 'Child', 'link': '/insurance-knowledge-centre/child-future-planning'}], 'image': {'banner': 'iCIAWQDr1XgAMlM'}, 'excerpt': 'HDFC Life presents a host of retirement plans for an effective retirement planning', 'blog_author': None, 'category_url': '/insurance-knowledge-centre/retirement-planning/', 'view_count': 1807, 'categories': ['insurance-knowledge-centre', 'retirement-planning'], 'publish_at': '2019-02-14T06:03:00Z'}, {'id': 912, 'title': 'Why Life Insurance Is Must for Retirement Planning', 'attributes': [{'type': 'textfield', 'data': {'label': 'Title', 'slug': 'title', 'value': 'Why Life Insurance Is Must for Retirement Planning – HDFC Life'}, 'validations': {}}, {'type': 'textfield', 'data': {'label': 'Meta Description', 'slug': 'meta-description', 'value': 'Life insurance is one of the key factors that enable a person to ensure that her/his dependent family members have a secure future. 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Having a <a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/retirement-and-pension-plans" target="_blank">life insurance plan</a> is also a covering factor which denotes financial coverage for a person in meeting the desired financial goals without any undue stress. However, when it comes to the correlation between life insurance and <a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/insurance-knowledge-centre/retirement-planning">retirement planning</a>, many people do not sufficiently understand the key points. Therefore, here is a list of factors which will enable us in understanding why life insurance is a must for retirement planning:</p>\n\n<ol>\n\t<li>Financial security after retirement: Financial security requires a carefully chosen financial portfolio of which life insurance forms an integral part. If you feel that a pension plan is sufficient to cover up for all the required financial coverage after retirement, you must know that for any successful retirement planning, having a life insurance plan serves as the basic thing. Life insurance coverage allows the policy subscriber to retain sufficient corpus for your dependent spouse and other family members in the event of unfortunate demise of the subscriber.</li>\n\t<li>The safety of the retirement corpus: Being insured means that you have sufficient coverage of your financial interests as well. This, in effect, means that the funds that you have built and retained for your short term and long term goals stay intact. These funds also include the retirement funds that you may have saved or may be planning to save. Besides, in the event of the policy subscriber’s demise before retirement, the dependent spouse or the other family members may have to fall on the retirement savings for day to day expenditure or for maintaining the lifestyle. This can severely impede the financial safety measures that may be required by the family in the future years. Having a life insurance plan entitles the subscriber’s nominee(s) to maturity proceeds (sum assured) in the event of the subscriber’s demise during the policy term. Therefore, it is an assurance of all round financial safety.</li>\n\t<li>Diversified investment portfolio for better returns: Investment channels that you may have adopted for planning your retirement must be diversified. This usually means having investments in market-linked funds, corporate bonds etc. for higher returns. However, owing to the fluctuations in fund performance with market fluctuations, the ultimate gains come in the category of mild to high risk. A life insurance plan serves as a safe back up in your diversified investment portfolio and you can always rely on the guaranteed benefits provided therein.</li>\n\t<li>Easy on taxes: This is also one important parameter that decides what your total gains from investment returns for retirement are going to be. After all, taxation on funds after or even before retirement directly impacts the corpus that you are trying to accumulate. Life insurance comes with <a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/insurance-knowledge-centre/tax-saving-insurance/Deduction-under-section-80C">tax benefits</a> and the payable premiums are exempt from tax under the Section 80C of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Thus you save on taxes while planning your retirement.</li>\n</ol>\n\n<p>HDFC Life offers HDFC Life Click 2 Retire - an online unit linked annuity insurance plan that gives market related gains and helps you achieve your <a href="http://www.hdfclife.com/insurance-knowledge-centre/retirement-planning/7-reasons-for-retirement-planning">retirement goals</a>. For details, click on the mentioned link: <a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/retirement-and-pension-plans/click-2-retire">https://www.hdfclife.com/retirement-and-pension-plans/click-2-retire</a>.</p>\n\n<p> </p>\n\n<p align="center"><a class="nav-btn red-btn" href="https://onlineinsurance.hdfclife.com/buy-online-retirement-and-pension-plans/click-2-retire-plan/Calculator?source=NW_KC_LifeInsuranceRetirementPlanning_CalcP_C2R&agentcode=00399206" rel="noopener" style="position: relative; color: #fff; background: #d51d25; border-radius: 2px; vertical-align: middle; font: 14px \'Source Sans Pro\'; font-weight: 600; padding: 10px 20px; margin-right: 8px; margin-left: 0;" target="_blank">RETIREMENT PLAN:CALCULATE PREMIUM</a></p>', 'tag_list': [{'text': 'Retirement', 'link': '/insurance-knowledge-centre/retirement-planning'}], 'image': {'banner': 'JThGUFKbc6UVUI6'}, 'excerpt': 'Many people do not understand the key points between life insurance and retirement planning, read this article for factors which will enable us in understanding why life insurance is a must for retirement planning.', 'blog_author': None, 'category_url': '/insurance-knowledge-centre/retirement-planning/', 'view_count': 1600, 'categories': ['insurance-knowledge-centre', 'retirement-planning'], 'publish_at': '2018-12-17T06:09:00Z'}, {'id': 878, 'title': 'Retired? 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Time to make your golden years count'}, 'banner_image': 'https://brandsite-static.hdfclife.com/media/image/Retired Time_865x360.jpg', 'thumbnail_image': 'https://brandsite-static.hdfclife.com/media/image/Retired Time_865x360_thumb.jpg', 'tile_image': 'https://brandsite-static.hdfclife.com/media/image/Retired Time_865x360_tile.jpg', 'id': '3Rn6SZmXIs3SY1C', 'url': 'https://brandsite-static.hdfclife.com/media/image/Retired Time_865x360.jpg'}, 'thumbnail_image': 'https://brandsite-static.hdfclife.com/media/image/Retired Time_865x360_thumb.jpg', 'tile_image': 'https://brandsite-static.hdfclife.com/media/image/Retired Time_865x360_tile.jpg', 'slug': 'retired-time-to-make-your-golden-years-count', 'tags': ['Retirement'], 'url': '/insurance-knowledge-centre/retirement-planning/retired-time-to-make-your-golden-years-count', 'content': '<link href="/static/iwov-resources/css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" />\n<p>Most of you would have watched Avatar. Not James Cameron’s sci-fi magnum opus but the one in which the original superstar Rajesh Khanna gave hope to retired folks all over India. It has a catchy song whose first few lyrics when translated in English mean “Come on friends, come run and sprint! Before dying, don’t stop living!” Of course, it doesn’t have the same flavor as it does, when rendered in Hindi by the grey-haired hero Avatar to his equally old or older compatriots. But it offers a beautiful philosophy of enjoying and appreciating the gift of life till one’s last breath.</p>\n\n<p><a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/retirement-and-pension-plans" target="_blank">Retirement</a> is often perceived as a boring, dull and sedate period in one’s life. But that couldn’t be further from the truth. If one has managed to create wealth by investing in market linked instruments such <strong>as<a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/savings-investment-plans/click-2-invest-ulip-plan"> </a> </strong><a>HDFC Life </a><a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/savings-investment-plans/click-2-invest-ulip-plan">Click2Invest</a><a href="https://onlineinsurance.hdfclife.com/buy-online-investment-plans/click-2-invest-ulip-plan/start-investing?source=M_KC_C2I_Article_Nov18&utm_source=M-KC_C2I_Article&utm_medium=Content&utm_campaign=M-KC-Article_Nov18&prod=C2I&agentcode=003992"> ULIP</a><a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/savings-investment-plans/click-2-invest-ulip-plan"> </a>, one would be financially comfortable during the sunset years. Spending money wouldn’t be an issue but how to spend one’s time would certainly be. If that is the case, here are a few ways to <strong>make your golden years count.</strong></p>\n\n<ol>\n\t<li><strong>Learn something new:</strong> Nothing keeps you young like learning something new. You could choose to learn a language, play an instrument, take up a new hobby or even start on a new sport! Did you want to paint but never got around to it? Write a novel but never managed to find enough time to sit down for long hours? Now is the time to do that! You may be advanced in age, but you still have a lot of new things to explore, new beginnings to kick start.</li>\n\t<li><strong>Travel:</strong> Albert Einstein had famously quoted that “Life is like a bicycle, one has to keep moving to maintain balance”. Ever heard of the tea selling couple from Kerala who have travelled more than 16 countries and still plan to keep travelling in spite of being seniors? If you haven’t been a serial traveler during your younger days, nothing gives better perspective to life and its meaning than travelling. You get to experience different cultures, taste variety of food, make friends from other parts of the world and a lot more. India itself has a wide range of travel destinations to offer if you wish to visit parts of your country which you haven’t done earlier.</li>\n\t<li><strong>Volunteer:</strong> You may have wanted to contribute to a cause, but the time you could devote to this would have been severely limited because of your other commitments. Now is the time to contribute to your favorite cause. The lifetime of experience that you have amassed can be of great service to them. Handling accounts for an orphanage or offering investing advice to an NGO or taking free tuitions for children from under privileged background are some instances of donating your time and effort as it need not always be money.</li>\n\t<li><strong>Freelancing or consulting:</strong> Some of us may want to work for a few hours in a day to keep refining our already sharp skills. One can explore freelancing assignments or consulting opportunities. For instance, a retired Chartered Accountant could engage with a few startups to advise them on fund raising or better ways to manage their working capital. The startups benefit from excellent advice at an affordable price whereas for the CA this is an opportunity to not only earn some money but also be professionally engaged on one’s own terms.</li>\n\t<li><strong>Communicate</strong>: First things first, communication will be key to your happiness in the old age. Talk to your family and friends, include your lifelong partner in your plans. Do not be a recluse. This is important for two reasons – first, you will be role model to other retirees as you make plans with them, and second, your family will be able to act quickly in case any emergency strikes.</li>\n\t<li><strong>Get a pet: </strong>As children grow up and move away, seniors may feel that an empty house resembles party hall after the celebrations are over. For those who are open to having an animal in the house, getting a pet would be a great idea. Research has shown that pets help in decreasing loneliness among seniors apart from offering other benefits such as the zeal to feel responsible again or the urge to walk with the pet and thus keep oneself fit.</li>\n\t<li><strong>Mentor:</strong> Many ambitious young people can benefit from your experience. Find someone who would value what you have achieved and would like to learn from your experiences. 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That’s the key to a happy retired life.</p>\n\n<p class="float-left">And they lived happily ever after... This is something we often hear in the movies, or in the early days of one’s married life. But, as a matter of fact, one shouldn’t accustom oneself to hearing or thinking about these words just at those instances, but rather strive to ensure that one’s financial goals work out in such a manner that these fond memories continue into their retired life. And as we have said, to ensure that, one needs to have a financially secured retired life and, accordingly, plan for it during one’s work life.</p>\n</div>\n\n<div class="float-left" id="mymain">\n<div class="inner-plans-wrp generic ">\n<h2><strong>THE REAL DANGER</strong></h2>\n\n<p>Life expectancy is on the rise and this means that the non-earning period after your retirement will put that much more strain on your monthly expenses. The danger that lies ahead is obvious and cannot be brushed under the carpet. Your monthly expenses of `50,000 now would balloon to `1.32 lakh in 20 years time at an inflation of 5 per cent a year. The rise in income can offset this inflationary impact, but, maybe, not to that extent.</p>\n\n<h2><strong>THE SOLUTION</strong></h2>\n\n<p>The solution to having adequate funds in our retired life lies in our present and this also decides the shape of our future. As such, <a href="/insurance-knowledge-centre/retirement-planning/" target="_blank" title="Retirement Planning Guide by HDFC Life">retirement planning</a> becomes an important part of our financial planning during our working life.</p>\n\n<h2><strong>STARTING EARLY</strong></h2>\n\n<p>Being an early beginner is a good recipe for success in all walks of life, even in investing for our future needs. The bottom line is the time horizon—the longer one remains invested in equities, the better is the return. Thus, if someone has to <a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/insurance-knowledge-centre/investment-for-future-planning/dual-benefit-of-investment-and-risk-coverage" target="_blank">benefit from investments</a>, one has to make an investment pretty early in life and remain invested long enough so that the investment generates enough funds to meet the goals at the right juncture in life. When it comes to savings, too, the early birds have an advantage over those who are off the blocks late. They manage to save a decent pile for all their requirements with much less fuss. Ironically, when one is young, the reason to save is largely ignored and the focus is always on spending. The general attitude is investing can wait for now and, as such, saving is not top priority. It’s a different matter though that having a clear-cut financial path helps. If you start saving from the age of 25, you can begin with saving 10 per cent of your net income till the age of 30, by when you are likely to be married. Here, even if your savings dip a bit, the head start from your early savings gives you an extra edge.</p>\n\n<h3><strong><a href="/insurance-knowledge-centre/investment-for-future-planning/power-of-compounding" target="_blank" title="Power of Compounding Calculator">Power of compounding</a>:</strong></h3>\n\n<p>The earlier you start investing, the more time your money gets to grow. If you start saving early, even in small amounts, it will help you build a sizeable savings portfolio. The rule is to invest regularly and keep reinvesting the returns. Thus, your earnings will also participate in getting more returns. Take the example of A and B (both aged 25 years). While A invests `2,500 every month, B does not. After 10 years, B begins saving `5,000 each month. When both A and B turn 45, on a realistic 12 per cent per annum return, A’s kitty is a sizeable `22.78 lakh, while B’s is nearly half at `11.09 lakh, despite having invested more than A. Thus, to avoid B’s predicament, start investing early on in life.</p>\n\n<h3><strong>Arriving at your pension needs:</strong></h3>\n\n<p>Consider your monthly expenses at current costs. Assuming an inflation rate of about 5 per cent a year, inflate them for the number of years left for you to retire. This gives you the amount of inflated monthly expenses you would need to survive through your retired years. <a href="/financial-tools-calculators/retirement-planning-calculator" target="_blank" title="Retirement Planning Calculator">Estimate</a> how much you need to start saving from now till your retirement age to amass a corpus that will provide you with an inflated monthly amount. Without exactly knowing the monthly savings required, one should not venture into planning and savings for one’s retirement. Illustratively, say someone wishing to retire after 20 years has an annual expense of `6 lakh at current costs. Assuming an inflation of 5 per cent, in order to meet his current expenses, he would need about `16 lakh in the first year after his retirement. And this amount will also keep increasing at 5 per cent per annum for every subsequent year. To meet this figure, he will have to save approximately `25,000 each month from now on assuming the investments grow at 12 per cent a year.</p>\n\n<h3><strong>The approach:</strong></h3>\n\n<p>One may invest in a lump sum at regular intervals. Alternatively, one may even choose to invest through a <a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/savings-investment-plans" target="_blank">systematic investment plan </a>(SIP). The latter involves investing a certain fixed amount of money at regular intervals rather than investing a larger lump sum amount in one go. This form of investing is largely suitable for an investor who doesn’t have a lump sum to invest, but wants to regularly keep investing in the stock market. By investing through SIP, you are not attempting to capture the highs and lows of the stock market but rather averaging the cost of your investment over a period of time. The essence of SIPs is that when the stock market falls, investors automatically acquire more units, and vice-versa. In other words, the investor buys fewer units when prices are high and more units when the prices are low. 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Spiraling cost of basic amenities is a constant threat to retirement savings. Better known as inflation, it is the single largest menace that gnaws away any form of savings.</p>\n\n<p>Because inflation is like a silent operator working in the background, most individuals never notice its eroding effects on their finances, until it’s too late.</p>\n\n<p>Inflation has a dual impact on the investor’s hard-earned savings. It not only erodes the current purchasing power of money it also magnifies the monetary requirements for the future.</p>\n\n<p>Therefore the all-important question for the investor is – will his savings withstand the eroding effect of inflation?</p>\n\n<p>Take an investor setting aside Rs 10,000 every month in a <a href="/savings-investment-plans" target="_blank" title="savings plan">savings plan</a> that fetches 10% return. Over 30 years, his corpus will grow to Rs 2,26,04,879, which in his view is a reasonable sum to meet his financial needs at that time.</p>\n\n<p>This is of course the amount he will save, untouched by inflation.</p>\n\n<p>Once you consider inflation – say 5%, then over a 30-Yr period, the sum will halved to Rs 1,13,02,440.</p>\n\n<p>The 10% rate of return on the investment appears reasonable at first, until you factor in 5% inflation. 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In fact, it counts as a responsibility the individual owes to himself and his family.When is the right time to retire?</p>\n<p></p>\n</div>\n<div class="float-left" id="mymain">\n<div class="top-desc-wrp">\n<div class="clearfix">\n<div class="description">\n<h3><strong>When is the right time to retire?</strong></h3>\n<p>For a majority of Indians, used to working as\xa0<a href="/insurance-knowledge-centre/tax-saving-insurance/tax-planning-tips-for-salaried-employees/" target="_blank" title="Taxation Of Salaried Employees">tax paying salaried employees</a>, the retirement age is fixed, so to speak. Most companies retire their employees by 60 years or thereabouts; some even earlier than that by offering them the golden handshake.</p>\n<p>Individuals could of course chart a different course altogether. They may like being busy and could work past retirement in a part-time job or conversely they may decide to retire earlier if they believe they have saved enough money to achieve financial independence post-retirement.</p>\n<p>So there is no fixed retirement age – what is important is that the individual has adequate money to meet his post-retirement obligations.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class="inner-plans-wrp generic ">\n<h3><strong>Post-retirement income </strong></h3>\n<p>Individuals looking for steady income, post-retirement can consider taking an annuity.</p>\n<p>This involves making a lumpsum investment in the <a href="/retirement-and-pension-plans/new-immediate-annuity-plan" target="_blank" title="HDFC Life New Immediate Annuity Plan">annuity plan</a>, which then makes payment to the individual on a future date or a series of dates.</p>\n<p>The income payout is determined by a number of factors, including the tenure of the annuity.</p>\n<p>The income depends on whether he has opted for a guaranteed payout (fixed annuity) or a payout stream determined by the performance of the annuity\'s underlying investments (variable annuity).</p>\n<p>The individual can opt to receive the income payments for the rest of his life or for a fixed period of time.</p>\n<h3><strong>Provision for medical expenses</strong></h3>\n<p>Medical treatment, particularly for serious conditions are no longer affordable for a majority of individuals. And when you have retired, there is no regular income to fall back on. This makes the task of managing medical emergencies all the more painful.</p>\n<p>Take cardiovascular ailments for instance. Treating a heart ailment, especially if it involves surgery, can be expensive.Unfortunately, most individuals aren’t prepared for such an event.</p>\n<p>Cost of a heart surgery in India could vary in the region of Rs 1.5 lakhs to Rs 3 lakhs. Five years later it could be a lot more expensive at over Rs 3 lakhs and at over Rs 8 lakhs after ten years, assuming 10% rise in annual cost.</p>\n<p>If the individual hasn’t saved enough money, he would have no option other than to dip into his savings and investments or borrow money as a last resort.</p>\n<p>One way to provide for medical emergencies is by taking a health plan from an insurance company. <a href="/health-insurance-plans" target="_blank" title="Health Insurance Policies by HDFC Life">Health plans</a> offer a lot of flexibility both in terms of coverage and disbursal. For instance, certain health plans cover as many as 30 critical illnesses and over 80 surgical procedures. Payment towards illness/surgery is disbursed regardless of actual medical expenses. 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QROPS provides tax efficiency, fund mobility & returns on investment (in India).</p>\n\n<p class="float-left"><strong>QROPS... </strong> If at any point in time you have worked in the UK and have accumulated a pension fund there, in all probabilities you would know about this term. In layman's term QROPS is an option provided by HMRC (Her Majesty Revenue & Customes - the UK based regulator), to facilitate funds transfers for expats when they are moving out of UK, either back to India or anywhere else across the world. It stands for Qualifying Recognised Overseas <a href="https://www.hdfclife.com/retirement-and-pension-plans/pension-guaranteed-plan" target="_blank">Pension Scheme</a>. The key advantages of QROPS lie in tax efficiency *, mobility it offers you to take your funds where you go and gaining from an upside by investing in countries like India which offer a higher yield.</p>\n\n<p></p>\n</div>\n\n<div class="float-left" id="mymain">\n<div class="inner-plans-wrp generic ">\n<h3>Why QROPS?</h3>\n\n<p>Lets imagine a scenario where you do not have an option of transferring your accumulated funds to a QROPS? The options left to you are:</p>\n\n<ol class="ol-list" style="margin-bottom:10px;">\n\t<li>\n\t<p>Withdraw accumulated fund when you move out and end up paying a tax surcharge in the UK as which at times are as high as 55% on the entire corpus</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>Wait till you attain pensionable age, and utilize your funds either through annuity or in the form of income draw down as per limit defined by HMRC</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>Once you attain pensionable age you also have an option to withdraw 25% of your corpus as tax free amount</p>\n\t</li>\n</ol>\n\n<p>However, if we look at options offered by QROPS, it definitely comes across as a good option which is allowed by Her Majesty Revenue & Customs</p>\n\n<ol class="ol-list" style="margin-bottom:10px;">\n\t<li>\n\t<p>Not withdrawing your funds in the UK and and transferring the same through QROPS, provides you with a tax efficient method to transfer your funds</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>You tend to gain from higher annuity rates and more options vis-a-vis what you would get in the UK</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>You also have an option of utilizing your funds to further enhance your corpus and hence gain from the higher cost of capital vis-a-vis what you get in the UK</p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p>With a large no of products, QROPS also offers you a wide range of products to choose from, and to choose products that best serve your requirements</p>\n\t</li>\n</ol>\n\n<p>Broadly, for any individual, the QROPS comes across as an excellent option to not tax efficiently manage the funds but also in terms of deciding where exactly the fund should be utilized</p>\n\n<h3>QROPS in India</h3>\n\n<p>QROPS in India remains largely an untapped market and less known of an option. This is primarily on the ground of lack of awareness about QROPS and its process, availability of suitable and qualified product for such transfers, and seamless process flow right from the time the customer thinks of QROPS to the time funds are transferred. Tackling the issues of awareness, product and seamless processing, this is a huge opportunity for QROPS market in India, given the number of NRIs who either have already come back to India or are planning to come back and have a pension corpus lying in the UK.</p>\n\n<h3><a href="/retirement-and-pension-plans/qrops-overseas-pension-scheme" target="_blank">QROPS in HDFC Life</a></h3>\n\n<p>At HDFC Life we launched QROPS transfers in the 2013-14, and the response we received has been very encouraging. The key customer needs that we have identified and addressed are product and support.</p>\n\n<p>Having a suitable and qualified product is a must. Historically also, HDFC Life has been a strong promoter of retirement products. With all our 5 Retirement Solution products registered with HMRC as QROPS, we have the capability to offer the customers a wide range of products to choose from.</p>\n\n<p>One of our values being Customer Centricity, any process we design is keeping the customer in mind, with an endeavor to offer a seamless, hassle free experience. 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From the moment the individual gets his first paycheck he must make decisions and one of those decisions is whether he needs to save money for the future.</p>\n<p></p>\n</div>\n<div class="float-left" id="mymain">\n<div class="top-desc-wrp">\n<div class="clearfix">\n<div class="description">\n<p style="padding-right: 30px;">Some of these individuals – at least the conscientious ones – end up setting aside some money for a rainy day.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class="inner-plans-wrp generic ">\n<p>Many end up postponing this for another day when they earn more, have a family and must deal with financial responsibilities.</p>\n<p>Mention <a href="/insurance-knowledge-centre/retirement-planning/" target="_blank" title="Retirement Planning">retirement planning</a> to this group and their likely response is going to be – why do I need to plan for retirement when I have so many years before I retire?</p>\n<p>To be sure, retirement even when it’s a distant event must be planned well in advance so that you are financially comfortably in your golden years. Living long is everyone’s dream, but outliving your finances can turn it into a nightmare.</p>\n<p>So the answer to the question – when is the right time to invest in a retirement plan? is NOW.</p>\n<p>Most individuals won’t find retirement planning urgent enough until they appreciate one point – time lost in saving for retirement cannot be recovered even if you make amends later by investing more money.</p>\n<p>Let’s understand this with an illustration involving two colleagues – Akshay and Rahul, both 25 years old,in their first jobs.</p>\n<p>Akshay being a conscientious individual starts saving early on, setting aside Rs 1,000 every month in a <a href="/savings-investment-plans" target="_blank" title="Investment Plans in India">savings and investment plan</a> with a 25-year commitment.</p>\n<p>Rahul, the carefree one, does not believe in saving money so early in his career.He takes the plunge 10 years later. However, to catch up with Akshay, he increases his monthly investment to Rs 2,000 with a 15-year commitment.</p>\n<p>Does Rahul, the carefree one catch up with Akshay, the conscientious one?</p>\n<p>Look at the table and you will find that 25 years later Rahul is nowhere close to Akshay.</p>\n<p><strong>Early bird gets the worm</strong></p>\n<table border="1" class="tbl-eligibility">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Monthly Investment(Rs) of Rahul</td>\n<td>2000</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Monthly Investment(Rs) of Akshay</td>\n<td>1000</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Investment Tenure(years) of Rahul</td>\n<td>15</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Investment Tenure(years) of Akshay</td>\n<td>25</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Returns (CAGR) of Rahul</td>\n<td>12%</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Returns (CAGR) of Akshay</td>\n<td>12%</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Maturity Amount (Rs) of Rahul</td>\n<td>1,009,152</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Maturity Amount (Rs) of Akshay</td>\n<td>1,897,635</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p>(Returns are for illustration purpose and do not represent actual returns on an investment.)</p>\n<p>Rahul despite doubling his monthly investment to Rs 2,000 does not catch up with Akshay who is investing only Rs 1,000. Given that they both invest in the same investment plan, there is only reason for this – Akshay’s 10-year head start. The 10-year head start ensures that after 25 years, Akshay’s savings will be 88% higher than that of Rahul. From Rahul’s standpoint, a 10-year delay means that his savings will only be 53% of Akshay’s savings.</p>\n<p>Clearly, there is no best time to start saving for retirement. The best time is when you start earning. Set aside some money towards retirement even if it’s insignificant. You can increase your contribution as you begin earning more. One of the better ways to save is through a savings and investment plan designed specifically for retirement planning like the ones launched by insurance companies. 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