Reasons to Plan for Retirement Today
Retire Richer:
The more time you can give your money to grow, the better corpus you will have at
retirement. Since you cannot move your retirement date too much, it’s better to start
investing as soon as possible. Give maximum time to your money for maximum compounding to take effect.
Save More Tax:
Investments to retirement plans and life insurance pension plans help you save tax
every year under section 80C. With new regulations in place limiting the amount of
investment to individual retirement plans to Rs. 2.5 lakhs, starting early is even
more important. You can still build a formidable corpus without exceeding your tax-exemption limits.
Avoid Last Moment Rush:
Correcting the gaps in your retirement corpus becomes difficult as you progress.
If you avoid investing adequately in your retirement early on, you are likely to
encounter gaps in your retirement fund goal. This gap will be difficult to fill when
you are close to retiring, due to insufficient time. You can avoid this by starting now.
Offer Better Growth to Your Investments:
All market-linked investments are inevitably risky. When you start investing early
you have ample time to monitor the performance of the investment and make necessary portfolio adjustment.
Cheaper When Younger:
Retirement plans offer dual benefits of insurance and investment. When you are young
the body is less prone to diseases, which reduces the risk for the insurer. Since
insurance is a business of risk assessment, the premiums are lower for young policy buyers.