Inflation Calculator: What will your ₹5 crore be worth in three, five, or ten years— Explained | Mint

Inflation has a direct effect on financial security. High inflation reduces purchasing power and damages long-term savings. Money saved for long-term objectives like retirement or education gradually loses value due to rising living expenses.

What is inflation?

Simply put, inflation is the gradual increase in everyday products and services costs. This implies that you can now purchase less with your current money. For instance, you might observe that the price of food, petrol, and clothing rises when inflation is strong, and your income or savings may not go as far as they formerly did. In essence, inflation devalues money, making it more difficult to purchase the same items later on.

Inflation calculator

Inflation Calculator helps you calculate the future value of money based on the Inflation rate. Eg You can calculate the value of ₹5, 10, 15 crores after 1, 3, 5 years, and 10 years based on the inflation rate, and simple formula.

The value after inflation is the current amount × (1−inflation rate/100) raised to the power number of years.

India’s current inflation rate 6.21% will be used for this purpose.

For 1 year

Value = 50000000 x (1 – 0.06)

Value after inflation = 10000000×0.94 = 4,70,00,000

In simple terms: If inflation is 6%, your ₹5 crore will be worth ₹4.7 crore after one year.

For 3 years

Value = 50000000 x (1 – 0.06)^3

Value = 50000000 x 0.835216

After 3 years, ₹1 crore will be worth ₹4.17 crore

For 5 years

Value = 50000000 x (1 – 0.06)^5

Value = 50000000 x 0.747258

In simple terms, If inflation is 6%, your ₹5 crore will be worth ₹3.7 crore after five years.

For 10 years

Value = 50000000 x (1 – 0.06)^10

Value = 50000000 x 0.4228

In simple terms, If inflation is 6%, your ₹5 crore will be worth ₹2.1 crore after ten years.

Suppose you want to reach your retirement target of ₹5 crore in 10 years. In that case, considering inflation, you must modify your savings to ensure that the future value of ₹5 crore equals its current value.

Here’s how to calculate it:

Formula: Future Value = Present Value × (1 + Inflation Rate) ^ Number of Years

Present Value: ₹5 crore (your target retirement corpus)

Inflation Rate: 6% or 0.06

FutureValue: 50000000×(1+0.06)10

FutureValue=5,00,00,000×(1+0.06) 10

FutureValue: 5,00,00,000×(1.06)10

FutureValue=5,00,00,000×(1.06) 10

FutureValue=5,00,00,000×1.7908≈8,95,40,000

With a 6% inflation rate, you must save about ₹8.95 crore over ten years to reach your retirement target of ₹5 crore in today’s currency.

Due primarily to rising food costs, retail inflation in October surged to a 14-month high of 6.21%, above the Reserve Bank’s upper tolerance level. Consumer pricing index (CPI)-based inflation was 5.49 percent in September and 4.87 percent in the same month last year.

Following its most recent monetary policy review in October, the RBI maintained the key short-term lending rate at its current level, citing inflationary worries.

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