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Tools

Tools that teach, not tip.

Simple client-side calculators — disclosed, educational, never a substitute for advice. Results stay in your browser.


Educational tool

SIP-style savings illustrator

Assumes a fixed monthly contribution and a constant annualized return compounded monthly. Markets don’t work that smoothly — treat this as a teaching sketch.

Total invested

₹18,00,000

Illustrated future value

₹41,79,243

Illustrated gain

₹23,79,243

Not a forecast. Not a product recommendation. Fees, taxes, and variable returns are ignored. Not personalized financial advice.

Educational tool

Inflation scratchpad

Map a personal monthly basket against one illustrative inflation rate. Defaults are a teaching sketch — not MoSPI weights.

Basket today

₹50,000

Same basket +12 months

₹52,500

Extra per month / year

₹2,500 · ₹30,000/yr

Illustrative only. Not an official CPI projection. Not personalized advice. See our inflation feature for how national CPI differs from a household basket.