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Purshotam Lal

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Purshotam Lal has over 38 years of experience in investment banking, mutual funds, insurance and wealth management.
He is an Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI)-registered mutual fund distributor, an Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI)-certified insurance advisor and founder of Finphoenix Services LLP.
He holds an MBA in finance from the Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi University and a chartered financial analyst (CFA) degree. He also holds certified associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB), fellow of the Insurance Institute of India (FIII) and National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM) certifications.... more

Answered on Nov 14, 2025

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Sir, I would take your advice on my future planning, planninby 55 years. Below details, need your help I am 50 years old, having wife with two kids, daughter 14 years (class 8) and son 8 years (class 3) standard. Saving and investment till date: PPF (own and son account) Rs. 18.40 lakh, Sukanya (in my daughter name) RS. 5 lakh, Axis ELSS, Mirae ELSS, Quant ELSS Total Rs. 11.23 Lakh (combined), NPS Rs. 5.27 lakh, Paragh Parekh and UTI Flexi Cap Fund Rs. 5.30 lakh, Bandha Small Cap Rs. 5K, Direct Investment in equity Rs. 34.00 Lakh. Saving account balance Rs. 10 Lakh, Fol Bond 20 grams, Some ornament about 100 grams. One house (staying) value about Rs. 1 CR and one flat (vacant) value about Rs. 1 Cr. Home Loan outstanding Rs. 11.40 Lakh (EMI Rs. 25K), Insurance cover against Home loan EMI Rs. 1K Monthly Expenses about Rs. 1 Lakh PM. (including education and house hold expenses). Earning INR 2.5 Lakh PM. Wated to be reture by 55, can you please advice how to allocate my investment so that my earning can be generated Rs. 2 Lkah PM.
Ans: You are already on the right course to providing for your corpus for proposed retirement at your age 55. However you also need to provide for future marriages of your daughter & son, say at their age 25 i.e. after 11 years and 17 years respectively. Current cost of marriage of say Rs 25L may go-up at assumed inflation rate of 8% to Rs 58.29L & Rs 92.50L in 11 & 17 Years. At assumed ROI of 13% Equity MF SIP shall be required of Rs 16.5K, Rs 13.5K per month which will continue even after your proposed retirement age of 55. Additionally there seems to be scope for 70K PM Equity MF SIP for next 5 Years. On vacant flat you can assume rental income of say 35K per month. It is also assumed that investment in Sukanya Samriddhi will continue till her Marriage and shall be utilised for daughter's marriage expenses.

However with respect to your retirement plan at Age 55 years, at conservative return of 6% from annuity funds and rental incomes net of continuing MF SIP of Rs 30K, it is expected to generate around Rs 1 L PM at your age 55. Hence it is suggested not to retire by 55 as being proposed. Also please note that returns on MF, NPS & Direct Equities are linked to market performance and very volatile and are also subject to market, Interest rate risks etc. It is suggested to contact a Certified Financial Planner and/or Certified Financial Advisor for charting your path to retire peacefully. Goodluck.

Purshotam, CFP®, MBA, CAIIB, FIII
Certified Financial Planner
Insurance advisor
www.finphoenixinvest.com
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Answered on Oct 25, 2025

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Dear Sir/Madam, I am reaching out to seek your professional advice regarding my current financial situation. I am currently trapped in debt amounting to around ₹25 lakhs, which includes 4 personal loans and 2 credit cards. My present salary is ₹55,000 per month, while my total monthly EMI obligations are approximately ₹85,000. Over the past few years, I have taken multiple loans — often over one another — mainly to manage repayments and household needs. Due to this debt cycle, I’ve been unable to maintain regular payments. For the past six months, I have stopped paying EMIs because of severe financial strain. I have already approached my creditors requesting moratoriums or loan restructuring, but unfortunately, none have agreed. As a result, I am now facing frequent recovery calls, home visits, and legal notices, which have caused me significant mental and emotional stress. I am considering loan settlement as a possible way forward — by taking a gold loan and negotiating with lenders for a 30% settlement. However, I am unsure whether this is the right decision for my long-term financial stability and credit profile. I am 32 years old, married, and have two children and dependent parents. My goal is to come out of this debt trap responsibly, without creating further financial or emotional damage for my family. I kindly request your advice and guidance on: 1. Whether going for loan settlements is advisable in my case. 2. Any better alternatives or structured options to recover from this situation. 3. How I can plan to rebuild my credit and financial stability in the long term. Your honest opinion will mean a lot to me at this stage.
Ans: There are two ways to handle this situation. Firstly endeavour to increase your income by exploring additional part time work and secondly curtail a bit your current household expenses. Putting hard work is the key for coming out of this situation. You may also consider re-paying a part of the outstanding loans by taking GOLD loan and try exploring reduced EMIs with the other creditors for the future with increased number of EMIs. You may also contact few other creditors explaining your financial position for favourable terms suiting to your position. Slowly but surely you can regain your financial stability. It is just the suggestion but decision is all yours. Good Luck.
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Answered on Oct 25, 2025

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I am 42 years old working as Chief Manager with a public sector bank. I have recently completed 20 yrs of service and looking to take VRS after 5 years. My present assets are as follows: 1. One independent houseworth Rs 1.5 cr with home loan of Rs 50 lacs outstanding 2. One flat worth Rs 1.10 cr with home loan of Rs 42 lacs. 3. Balance in PF Rs 50 lacs, MF value Rs 90 lacs and physical gold of approx 40 lacs. I am presently investing one lac Rs per month in different SIP. I assume that after 5 years, my total portfolio would be Rs 3.4 Cr approx including MF, PF and gratutity. I will close both home loans. I will keep aside 40 lacs Rs for my son's education who would have turned 17 yrs by then. I will create FD of Rs 30 lacs and Rs 10 lacs in debt based funds as an emergency fund. I would be left with around 1.8 cr in MF fund. My present monthly expenses are around 65k. My pension would be around 90k per month at the time of VRS which would be sufficient to take care of monthly expenses including health insurance yearly premium of Rs 25k for 25 lacs+ 25 lacs top up. I am recieving around 25k as rent from flat. I want to explore country and foreign land. For this purpose, I would start SWP of around 40k per month with 6% increase every year ( from MF corpus of 1.8 cr.). I want your advise whether considering all the factors, can I comfortably retire after 5 yrs
Ans: Congratulations on being able to have such a wonderful financial discipline and very sound position you currently are in. As far as calculations are concerned for corpus after 5 years, I agree with the same. It is the decision to be taken by you as to how much is enough for your comfortable living after taking VRS after 5 Years. But again life is very uncertain and you shall still have long years ahead after your VRS age of 47. Good Luck to you.

Purshotam, CFP®, MBA, CAIIB, FIII
Certified Financial Planner
Insurance advisor
www.finphoenixinvest.com
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Answered on Oct 25, 2025

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Good morning. Me and my spouse are both 43 years old. Working professionals. Have a 11 years old daughter and my parents. 80 years and 67 years respectively. Combined monthly income around 4 to 4.5 lakh(professional). Currnet financial status(COMBINED) PPF- 39 LAKHS(TO BE CONTINUED FOR NEXT 12 YEARS MORE WITH CONTRIBUTION) EUQUITY- 1.25 Cr Mutual fund - 87 lakhs Gold- ETF and SGB LICs(old ones) - maturity value around 35 lakhs at different times. Savings- around 12 lakhs. Emergency fund- 11 lakhs Monthly SIPs- 35000(euity MF)- will increase. stocks buying - long and short term Insurance. Term plan- 2.25 cr and 1 cr Health insurance- self ,spouse and kid- 10 lakh with 90 lakh super top up. Parents- 10 lakh base policy with 20 lakh super top up. Have 2 houses.(one anceatral and one apartment). Need around 65 lakhs for daughter higher education after 7 years. Present monthly expenses around 80 to 85k including everything. Please suggest how we could make it more favourable to retire with peace at around 60 years. Though will continue to work at our capacity after 60. Thanks. Regards.
Ans: Congratulations on being able to have such a wonderful financial discipline and very sound position you currently are in. You current net income shall be more than 2 Lac per month even after your monthly household expenses and also providing for your current MF SIP etc and also providing for additional MF SIP for 7 years of Rs 65700 per month for providing higher education to your daughter as your current estimated education expenses will increase from 65 L to 130 L (@8% education inflation rate) approx after 7 years. This SIP you can continue even after 7 years till your age 60. Equity mutual fund annualised return is presumed to be 13% pa. However there is no assurance as to achievement of the same returns as MF investments are subject to market risk. After 17 Years from now at age 60 you are bound have a very sound corpus to live comfortable retired life. Good Luck.

Purshotam, CFP®, MBA, CAIIB, FIII
Certified Financial Planner
Insurance advisor
www.finphoenixinvest.com
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Answered on Oct 16, 2025

Asked by Anonymous - Sep 29, 2025Hindi

Answered on Oct 16, 2025

Asked by Anonymous - Sep 30, 2025Hindi
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I'm 39 years old. I've two kids(Elder son & younger daughter), 11yrs and 8yrs. My yearly take home salary is 24lacs. I've a home loan of 26k EMI and still 24.5lacs pending. Current property value is 70lacs. I'm getting rent of 12k from it. I have another property loan (Commercial building loan), EMI of 44lacs pending with EMI of 52.5k. I'm getting rental income of Rs 60k from this. Apart from this I have 10lacs local loan, for which I'm paying 27k everymonth. This local 10lac loan will be over in another 2yrs. I've just started a SIP few months ago for 16k (8k in ICICI thematic FOF & 8k in ICICI multi asset). I'm planning to start another SIP for 19k every month. I plan to afford 20lacs max for each kid for thier education. Also I guess I may need 75lacs for my daughters wedding and 25lacs for my son's wedding. I wish to retire at the age of 50. I also have Term insurance for 1.5crores. Can you please tell whether the SIP of 35k is enough or do I need to invest more every month?. Also can you please suggest category of fund which I have to invest based upon my need and time of requirement. I also have PF balance of around 16lacs and I contribute around 20k everymonth (EePF+ErPF). I have NPS for 5000/- pension.
Ans: As per the given information, per month available fund for investment is estimated to be Rs 42000 approx., considering household expenses of 40% (Rs 1.088 L) of your gross monthly earnings. Further the marriage cost may rise @ 8% inflation to Rs 277.50 L after 17 Years for daughter and Rs 73.43L for your son after 14 years. Since you wish to retire by age 50, your investments will stop at that age. To provide for that monthly Equity MF SIP of Rs 66K shall be required and 50K Equity MF SIP for Education is required for your daughter & son till your age 50. You currently has an MF SIP of 16K, which is much short of the target per month investment. Your PF balance is likely to accumulate at current interest rate of 8.25% pa with monthly contribution of 20K, to Rs 81 Lakh. Which is also too less for your comfortable retirement. Available options are to think of retirement age of 58 Years and also reduce your monthly household expenses, reduce provision for child marriages and also to increase monthly SIP every year by say 10% as your income rises. It is also suggested to take a good family floater health insurance policy. Good Luck.

Purshotam, CFP®, MBA, CAIIB, FIII
Certified Financial Planner
Insurance advisor
www.finphoenixinvest.com
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Answered on Oct 16, 2025

Asked by Anonymous - Sep 19, 2025Hindi
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I am 34 , sole earner for my family.till date I have invested 12.50 lakhs in Mutual funds, FD of 1.8 lakhs , kotka premium 66k per year, maturity date 2037, PPF around 1.5 lakh per year, till now 9.9 lakhs, monthly I invest 50k in Mutual funds. Should I start investing in NPS at my age or stick to mutual funds. I try to invest 50 percentage of my post tax salary each month. Can you please suggest if my portfolio [ CANARA ROBECO LARGE CAP FUND - DIRECT PLAN +38,990.22 Invested 3,43,788.87 LTP 74.09 Qty. 2018.272 • Buy avg. 53.56 +9.17%, EDELWEISS BALANCED ADVANTAGE FUND - DIRECT PLAN +9,913.70 Invested 1,08,094.67 LTP 58.47 Qty. 738.943 • Buy avg. 218.41 +12.60%, HDFC NIFTY 50 INDEX FUND - DIRECT PLAN +20,330.17 Invested 1,61,392.25 LTP 245.92 Qty. 6286.624 • Buy avg. 82.84 +14.10%, PARAG PARIKH FLEXI CAP FUND - DIRECT PLAN +73,446.13 Invested 5,20,780.03 LTP 94.52 Qty. 418.443 • Buy avg. 277.20 +1.52% QUANT SMALL CAP FUND - DIRECT PLAN +1,765.54 Invested 1,15,994.24 ] are good or should I invest in some other mutual funds I am investing from last two years only. Also please suggest should I start any other sources of income as I want get around 5 crore in next 10-15 years and I think only mutual funds will not help here.
Ans: In my opinion you have already taken right step towards financial planning to achieve your life goal of reaching a corpus of Rs 5 Crore. In 15 Years of time with continued investment pattern and adding additional SIP of Rs 10000 per month, which can be stepped up by another 10000 pm every two year has the potential to reach your targeted corpus of Rs 5 Crores. The funds selected have performed reasonably well. You may contact a certified financial planner / advisor. Goodluck.

Purshotam, CFP®, MBA, CAIIB, FIII
Certified Financial Planner
www.finphoenixinvest.com
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Answered on Oct 14, 2025

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Hi I am 40 years old who is earning 1.2 L per month income working in private sector. I am the only earner in my family. I have one kid who is in PP-2 (5 years old) and wife along with my mother. She is getting pension of 30 K per month. I have one Home Loan of 20L and personal loans of 5L. My sons school fees is 2L per annum. There are not much savings. I am investing in 50K in ICICI Gift Plan and 50K in Reliance Nippon per year. Started 1 year back. I would like to take suggestion setting up the plan for my child future and also for my retirement plan. I am also thinking of setting up a tea stall in near future. Please suggest
Ans: Total income of family is Rs 1.50 L per month as per given information. Assuming home loan and Personal Loan remaining period as 15 yrs & 5 Yrs with intt rate of 9% & 11% respectively. EMI comes to 20.29K & 10.9K per month. Considering school fee per month, proposed MF SIPs (Assuming annualised return of 13% in Aggressive Equity MF) of 22.96K & 9K per month for child higher education & Marriage at age 17 & 25 respectively. Child higher education is considered as Rs 75.50 Lacs after 12 Years (Current cost 30L with inflation of 8%pa). Whereas Marriage expenses are proposed as Rs 90 Lacs after 20 Years (current cost 20 L with inflation 8% p.a.). After per month contribution to ICICI Gift Plan & Nippon of Rs 8.3K per month, your remaining left over income is 61.5K per month. It is suggested to invest another MF SIP of Rs 20000 Per month for 18 Years in aggressive equity fund, if your risk profile permits so that you may accumulate over 1.58 cr at retirement at age 58 (Assuming rate of return of 13% annualised). Left over 41.5K per month may take care of monthly household expenses. In case your monthly household expenses are more then reduce SIP amount now but as your income rises, you may allocate more amount to monthly MF SIPs.
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Answered on Sep 25, 2025

Asked by Anonymous - Sep 23, 2025Hindi
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Hello, I am 38 year old with a wife (32 years) and a 15 month old daughter living in Gurgaon in my parents house. My parents earn Rs 50000 as rental income and have their pensions respectively. The house is worth 6 cr. I and wife's consolidated monthly income is around Rs 350000/- after tax. Addition to it, I get a rental income of Rs 44000/- from flat, the flat is worth 1.3 cr in Bangalore. I have around 5 lakhs in FD. 37 lakhs in Mutual fund (Flexi, ETF, Small cap, mid cap and large cap) and 5 lakh in shares(I generally apply for IPOs). Have around 15 lakh in Savings account. I and Wife are working in Private companies. Savings/Investments SIP - Rs 51000 monthly in 5 funds (mentioned above) Shares - Primarily IPOs - around 15k if it gets allotted Emergency fund - Rs 50000 monthly NPS - 6000 monthly PPF(both I and my wife) - Rs 10000 each monthly Sukanya Samridhi account - Rs 12500 monthly PF - 15 lakh mine and 6 lakh for wife Family floater Personal Health Insurance - 15 lakh that increases every year Office Health Insurance Rental Income from Flat - Rs 44000/- Liabilities : Monthly expense - Home Loan EMI - Rs 55000 (52 lakh home loan balance) Other expenses - Rs 60000 monthly Flat Maintenance - 6000 monthly Hoe much should I save/ invest that should cover - 1) Daughter Education considering her schooling will start after 2 years and then for basic education and higher studies 2) Daughter Marriage 3) Our Retirement 4) If we are planning for another child what changes would be there in above strategies
Ans: You are almost prepared for your broader financial plan. Good going and age is also on your side. The following things are not given in your query. Age of retirement of both, how much cost you estimate for your daughter's Education & Higher Education, Cost anticipated for Marriage, when the Home loan will be repaid fully. Monthly household expenses level (at your Retirement) you expect e.g. 100% of current level (Inflation adjusted) or less etc. It is suggested to contact a certified financial planner for finalizing the same. All the best.
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