Guides

Every Bhavitta guide

How much you need to retire, what the app models for India, worked examples with the engine's own numbers, and how the score is calculated.

Guide · India

Is ₹3 crore enough to retire in India?

The chance ₹2–6 crore lasts to 90, by monthly spending and the age you stop working, and how much you need for ₹75,000 to ₹2 lakh a month. Every figure from the engine, in rupees.

5 November 2026 · 6 min read Read →
Guide · NRI

Moving back to India from the US: how much do you need?

The dollar corpus a couple needs to retire in India at 45, 50 or 55, what a falling rupee does to it, and whether to keep the money in dollars. Every figure from the engine.

5 November 2026 · 7 min read Read →
Guide · India

Health insurance in retirement: how much does it add to your corpus?

What a premium rising 10% or 13% a year adds to the corpus you need at 45 or 55, and what it costs at 65, 75 and 85. Every figure from the engine, in rupees.

5 November 2026 · 5 min read Read →
Guide · India

Which Indian city lets you retire earliest?

The same couple, salary and savings in seven Indian cities, and the earliest age each lets them stop working. Every figure from the engine, in rupees.

5 November 2026 · 5 min read Read →
Guide · India

Retire in a metro, then move: how much does a later move save?

A couple retiring at 55 in Mumbai or Bangalore who move to a cheaper city at 60, 65, 70 or 75, and what each choice does to the corpus they need. Every figure from the engine, in rupees.

5 November 2026 · 5 min read Read →
Guide · India

How much do you need to retire in India?

The corpus a couple needs to retire at 45, 50 or 55 in seven Indian cities, with the chance it lasts to 90. Every figure from the engine, in rupees.

4 November 2026 · 6 min read Read →
How it works

How the readiness score works

A plain-language walk through the simulation engine: what goes in, what the recurrence does each year, how the two return models differ, and exactly how the score, the survival rate and the "Ready at" age are computed.

Updated 4 November 2026 · 9 min read Read →
Guide · India

Retirement planning in India, in rupees

What Bhavitta 2.9 models for a life lived in India: rupee returns, city costs and inflation, Indian tax slabs, EPF, PPF and NPS, a fixed EPS pension, gratuity and health insurance. The defaults, where they come from, and what is still missing.

Updated 4 November 2026 · 8 min read Read →
Worked example · India

Mumbai or Pune? Retiring in India at 55

One salaried couple, two cities, everything in rupees: EPF, PPF and NPS lock-ins, a fixed EPS pension, health premiums that outrun inflation, and Indian tax slabs. Every number from the engine.

Updated 4 November 2026 · 7 min read Read →
Worked example

Retire in Bangalore at 50, or stay in Seattle?

One couple, two timelines, every number from the engine. Historical replay and Monte Carlo side by side, and what actually moves the answer.

Updated 4 November 2026 · 7 min read Read →
Features

Everything Bhavitta does

All twelve features, with what each one is for.

10 October 2026 · 4 min read Read →