PPF Withdrawal and Extension: Post Office vs. Bank Options for a 58-Year-Old?

Ans: If this is the only ppf account in the name of your child with you as guardian you can continue contributing to it till your child attains major status.

Then your child may extend or withdraw and close the account.

However if you have a separate ppf account in your own name then contribution in both accounts in a financial year cannot exceed cumulatively above 1.5 L.

Ans: Hello;

General Comments:
People always delay retirement planning for later stage but this is not ok.

Because when you are young the investible surplus amount maybe less but you have the biggest resource, time on your side.

A mere 25K monthly sip can achieve 3 Cr in 20+ years

Query Specific Comments:
If you need this corpus in 5 years then you need to make a monthly sip of 3.55 Lacs Minimum to reach 3 Cr corpus in 5 yrs.(modest return of 13% considered).

Focus on improving your earning because then you can earmark larger amounts for investing towards your goals.

Also try to prepay the home loan as early as possible through EPF corpus or some asset sale.

Do not panic if you diligently pre-close the home loan you have ample time to invest and create a comfortable corpus for your goals.

Continue investing in MFs with increasing allocation, PPF to reach your goals.

Happy Investing!!

*Investments in mutual funds are subject to market risks. Please read all scheme related documents carefully before investing.

Ans: Hello;

First and foremost buy a good term life cover including riders for critical care and accident benefit.

Ensure that you can top-up the sum assured later when you grow your responsibilities after marriage.

For retirement planning you should consider investing in NPS. If your office provides it well and good but otherwise also you can open NPS account and contribute regularly for financing your retirement. It's an E-E-E type of scheme. Charges are quite low and you can decide to select allocation to the asset classes like equity, corporate debt or sovereign bonds as per your risk tolerance. It allows limited withdrawal before 60.

If you decide to contribute to NPS per month an amount of 20 K, it will grow into a corpus of 6.51 Cr by the time you are 60 years of age.(A modest return of 9% is considered)

For all other goals such as marriage, house, kid's education, car, vacation you can use mutual funds as your mode of investments.

If you do a monthly sip of say 15 K into a pure equity mutual fund then at the end of 5 years you may expect to receive a corpus of 12.72 L considering moderate return of 13%.

Happy Investing!!

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*Investments in mutual funds are subject to market risks. Please read all scheme related documents carefully before investing.

Ans: EPS contribution stops at 58. You may delay pension for two years with or without contribution.

Thereafter(60 years) your EPS pension will start.

EPF you can keep on contributing till the time you want.

Ans: Hello Anonymous,
Immunity can be improved in many ways. Listing a few-
1) Doing regular yoga and especially some form of breathwork for 15 minutes can help a lot.
2) Having some vitamin supplements like for Vit D3, B12 etc but this please take guidance of your Dr and then start
3) A healthy diet consisting of fruits, nuts, seeds, salads, soups, green leafy vegetables, fresh juices made of amla, ash gourd etc can help
4) Meditation plays a huge role in reducing stress and hence increasing immunity
5) Having a good deep sleep
6) Regular exercises like walks, cardio can help you stay fit.
All the best!

Ans: Hello Naval,
Have you done all your blood tests recently? Since how long is this happening?
Please go to your gp or a neurologist.

Ans: Hello Anonymous,
You need to give me more information to be able to help you.
Like what is your blood work like? Are you having any vitamin deficiencies? Are you having too much mental stress? Are you having sleep apnea? Why are you not able to sleep?
Are you exercising especially doing yoga and meditation?
Are you eating a healthy diet?
Which Drs have you visited for this issue?

Ans: Hello Anonymous,
In your reports are your D3 and B12 levels ok?
Are you taking any vitamin or magnesium supplements?
Are you doing any kind of exercises especially a cardio workout?
Yes, after 40 the body does undergo changes and fatigue too hence post 40 it becomes even more crucial to take more care of our body. Usually some form of pranayama/breathwork helps a lot to reduce fatigue. Please learn some simple pranayamas' from a good yoga teacher and once you come home do them for 15 minutes and take a shower. Both can help in reducing fatigue and energizing you.
All the best!