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What are Retirement/Pension Plans?

Retirement plans are financial policies that enable you to plan for the future, even when you no longer have a steady income. There are two types of plans:

 

Pension Plans: A pension plan allows you to save money systematically, ensuring a steady income after retirement. You can invest through regular premiums or a lump sum. Upon retirement, you receive regular payouts, helping maintain financial independence. Pension plans in India also protect against inflation, ensuring you sustain your standard of living.

 

Annuity Plans: An annuity plan helps you secure your financial future with regular income payments for the rest of your life. With a pension policy, you have something called an accumulation phase. During this time, you put money into the policy periodically. When you choose to retire, you can purchase an annuity with these accumulated funds. The annuity then provides you with regular payments as per the terms and conditions of the plan you purchased. 

 

Depending on when you’d like to start receiving the annuity benefits, you can select between two types of annuity plans:

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Immediate Annuity: Immediate annuity plans start providing payouts on a monthly basis right after you purchase the plan. These plans benefit individuals who have just retired and have a corpus to purchase the annuity plan.

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Deferred Annuity: A deferred annuity plan, on the other hand, has an accumulation phase first. Individuals can purchase an annuity and put funds into it regularly. The amount gets invested by the insurance company to grow the corpus. You can then select a date to start receiving payouts from the accumulated corpus. Since the payments happen after a period of time, it’s known as a deferred annuity.

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  • HDFC Life Click 2 Retire

    UIN: 101L108V05

    A Unit Linked Non-Participating Individual Pension Savings Plan

    UIN: 101L108V05

    A Unit Linked Non-Participating Individual Pension Savings Plan

    Key Features*
    • If your age is 18 years and above, you can invest in this plan
    • You can start your investment as low as ₹ 2,000 per month and build a retirement corpus
    • You Pay: ₹ 2,00,000 annually for 10 years
      You Get: ₹ 82.59 Lakhs (@8% ARR) or ₹ 31.19 Lakhs (@4% ARR)
      (at the end of 30 years)
      *Calculation for 30 year old male and assuming retirement age of 60
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    • If your age is 18 years and above, you can invest in this plan
    • You can start your investment as low as ₹ 2,000 per month and build a retirement corpus
    • You Pay: ₹ 2,00,000 annually for 10 years
      You Get: ₹ 82.59 Lakhs (@8% ARR) or ₹ 31.19 Lakhs (@4% ARR)
      (at the end of 30 years)
      *Calculation for 30 year old male and assuming retirement age of 60
      Click here to check the fund performance
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  • HDFC Life Smart Pension Plus

    UIN: 101N173V10

    A Unit Linked Non-Participating Individual Pension Plan

    UIN: 101N173V09

    A Unit Linked Non-Participating Individual Pension Plan

    Key Features*
    • If your age is 18 years and above, you can invest in this plan
    •  You can start your investment as low as ₹ 2,625 per month and get a guaranteed1 passive income 
    • You Pay: ₹ 2,00,000 one time investment *You Get: ₹ 33,650 annually for lifetime
      (from 2nd year onwards)
      *Calculation for 40 year old male for Life Annuity with Immediate Annuity option
    • If your age is 18 years and above, you can invest in this plan
    •  You can start your investment as low as ₹ 2,625 per month and get a guaranteed1 passive income 
    • You Pay: ₹ 2,00,000 one time investment *You Get: ₹ 33,650 annually for lifetime
      (from 2nd year onwards)
      *Calculation for 40 year old male for Life Annuity with Immediate Annuity option
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  • HDFC Life Smart Pension Plan

    UIN: 101L164V05

    A Unit Linked, Non-Participating Individual Pension plan that ensures you have a regular income and lead an independent life without compromising the standard of living after you retire

    UIN: 101L164V05

    A Unit Linked, Non-Participating Individual Pension plan that ensures you have a regular income and lead an independent life without compromising the standard of living after you retire

    Key Features*
    • Avail of Automatic Asset Re-balancing and Systematic Transfer strategies to safeguard your wealth against market volatilities.
    • Life insurance cover to the extent of 105% of total Premium(s) paid including top-up premium
    • To build a retirement corpus
    • Flexibility to alter vesting date and premium payment term
    • Loyalty additions3
    • Avail of Automatic Asset Re-balancing and Systematic Transfer strategies to safeguard your wealth against market volatilities.
    • Life insurance cover to the extent of 105% of total Premium(s) paid including top-up premium
    • To build a retirement corpus
    • Flexibility to alter vesting date and premium payment term
    • Loyalty additions11
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Have you saved enough to meet your expenses post-retirement?

  • Listing Bullet Inflation can eat away your dwindling retirement income easily.
  • Listing Bullet With increasing life expectancy, the longer you live, the more you spend.
  • Listing Bullet Start preparing early to save enough to support your needs and wants.
Have you saved enough to meet your expenses post-retirement?

Why Do You Need Retirement Plans?

Do I need a Retirement Pension Plan?

Retirement plans are designed to help you secure a steady source of income throughout your retirement. These plans enable your savings to grow over time, allowing you to maintain your standard of living despite inflation.

One of the key benefits of retirement plans is the joint life option, which ensures that if anything happens to you, your spouse will continue to receive regular payments for life. This feature provides peace of mind, knowing you can enjoy your golden years without financial worries.

Guarantee yourself a steady source of income for life by investing lumpsum in HDFC Life annuity plans.

Build corpus with Annunity Plans

You should go for these, if you:

  • Have a substantial lumpsum amount / corpus to invest
  • Looking to create alternate source of regular income post retirement
  • Are retired or are few years away from your retirement (eg: 1 - 15 years)

Note: These are generic features and they may vary depending on the product selected. Please read the product brochure carefully of the selected product
 

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Create retirement corpus with pension plans

You should go for these, if you:

  • Are Looking to accumulate and create a lumpsum retirement corpus
  • Want to start planning for your retirement from an early age (Plans available from age 18 years onwards)
  • Know the amount you want to invest every year
  • Can start with investment as low as ₹ 2000 per month

Note: These are generic features and they may vary depending on the product selected. Please read the product brochure carefully of the selected product 

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Features of Pension Plans

Stable Post-Retirement Income with Pension Plans

Stable Post-Retirement Income

Pension plans offers guaranteed, stable payouts once you retire.

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Tax Efficiency with Pension Plans

Tax Efficiency

Pension plans like the NPS and Atal Pension Yojana enjoy tax benefits under Section 80C of the Income Tax Act of 19615.

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Emergency Liquidity with Pension Plans

Emergency Liquidity

Some types of pension plans allow partial withdrawals during the accumulation phase in emergencies.

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Life Coverage with Pension Plans

Life Coverage

Pension plans offer life coverage and provide the beneficiary with a payout if something happens to the policyholder.

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Features of Annuity Plans

Get Regular Payment Option with Anunnity Plans

Regular Payments

Annuity plans provide a regular income stream in the form of periodic payments, usually monthly, to the annuitant. The payments can be fixed or variable, depending on the terms of the annuity plan.

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Tax-deferred Growth

Tax-deferred Growth

Annuity plans offer the advantage of tax-deferred growth, which means that the money you contribute to the plan grows tax-free until you start receiving payments. It helps your money grow faster over time.

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Annunity Plans are great Investment Options

Investment Options

Annuity plans offer various investment options, such as stocks, bonds, and mutual funds, which can help you diversify your portfolio and potentially earn higher returns. For calculating your retirement corpus you can use the retirement calculator and if you want to find out your pension requirement then you can use the pension calculator.

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Get Flexible Payment Option with Annunity Plans

Flexibility

Annuity plans offer some degree of flexibility in terms of payment options and timing. For example, some plans allow you to choose between fixed or variable payments, and some plans allow you to choose when you want to start receiving payments.

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Life Cover with Retirement Annunity Plans

Life Coverage

Annuity plans may offer life coverage, meaning that if the annuitant passes away before receiving all the payments, the balance will be paid to a designated beneficiary. To better understand the premiums and potential benefits of such plans, you can use a life insurance calculator to estimate the coverage you need and how much you may need to invest.

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HDFC Life QROPS

Have pension fund in the UK and looking to migrate it to India?

 

  • Tax efficient transfer of pension funds from UK to India

  • Enjoy steady income in India post retirement

  • Avail attractive annuity rates and fund growth

A QROPS or Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Scheme helps Indians move their pension funds from the UK back to India. QROPS schemes must meet certain eligibility criteria set by HM Revenue and Customs. HDFC Life QROPS will facilitate the tax-efficient transfer of the pension amount accumulated in the UK to India.

 

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Retirement Plans is incomplete without these riders**.

They help you deal with those additional risks life brings.

HDFC Life Income Benefit on Accidental Disability Rider

HDFC Life Income Benefit on Accidental Disability Rider

 

UIN: 101B013V03

Get additional income benefits over and above your Sum Assured in the event of total permanent disability due to an accident.

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HDFC Life Critical Illness Plus Rider

HDFC Life Critical Illness Plus Rider

 

UIN: 101B014V02

We pay a lump sum amount equal to Rider Sum Assured upfront if diagnosed with of any of the specified critical illnesses.

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HDFC Life Protect Plus Rider

HDFC Life Protect Plus Rider

 

UIN: 101B016V01

Get protected with a proportion of Rider Sum Assured in case of accidental death or partial/total disability due to accident or diagnosed with Cancer

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Why Should You Invest in Retirement Plans Now?

Why invest in Retirement Plans?

The earlier you start planning for retirement, the better. Nowadays, people aim to achieve financial independence quickly so they can retire early. Many follow the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) approach, which involves saving and investing heavily in their 20s and 30s. This method encourages setting aside a large portion of income and investing in growth-oriented plans to build a future fund. Starting to save and invest at 30 gives you more time to accumulate a good amount, while starting in your 40s or later means having less time, often resulting in a smaller savings fund.

How Much Do I Need to Retire?

When you start planning for retirement, you must first understand how much you would need once you retire. Let’s see how to calculate the amount:
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Check Your Monthly Outgoings

Review your current monthly expenses. While some costs like daily travel, home loan EMIs, and school fees may stop after you retire, you’ll still need to cover groceries, utility bills, and property taxes. Knowing your expenses now will help you estimate what you'll need in the future.

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Consider Your Retirement Goals

After you retire, do you plan to start a consulting business or travel with your loved ones? Consider the extra costs you might need to cover to achieve your retirement goals.

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Calculate Expected Income After Retirement

Your investments will give you returns when you retire. Learn how much each investment will give you based on when you retire.

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Think About Inflation

Lastly, think about how inflation will affect today’s costs in the next 20 or 30 years. Always plan for a higher inflation rate to make sure you have enough.

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Who Should Buy Retirement Plans?

Let’s look at the different types of people who should purchase retirement plans:

Retirement Plan for Young Professionals

Young Professionals

Young people who have just started working benefit the most from buying a retirement plan. The retirement plan allows them to invest in their future. Because they start early, they have more time to invest and grow a large savings fund for later.

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Systematic Retirement Plan for Parents

Parents

Parents want to stay financially independent after they retire and not rely on their children during money emergencies. Buying a retirement plan early helps them maintain that independence.

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Why Independent Women should buy a Retirement plan?

Independent Women

Many young women today focus on their careers and looking after their parents and loved ones. Buying a retirement plan allows them to also invest in their future. It provides them with financial independence once they retire.

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Retirement Plans for Newlyweds

Newlyweds

When you get married, you have more financial responsibilities. You also have to look after your spouse. Buying a retirement plan once you get married enables you and your spouse to plan for a time when you no longer have to work and want to see the world together or pursue your hobbies together.

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Why Choose HDFC Life Click 2 Retire?

Plan your retirement with HDFC Life Click 2 Retire and get :

 

  • Online ITR filing

    Start your Retirement Plan at as low as ₹ 2000 per month

  • ITR serves as income and address proof

    Option to start as early as 18 years

  • Flexibility to decide the frequency of annuity payments.

    Lower vesting/maturity age of 45 years

  • Online ITR filing

    Limited Pay & Single Pay – Options available in one product

  • Online ITR filing

    Death benefits to the nominee which will be higher of the fund value of your policy at the time of death or 105% of total premiums paid till then

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Why Choose HDFC Life Smart Pension Plus Plan?

When you plan your retirement with HDFC Life Smart Pension Plus, you get:

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Guaranteed Annuity Income for whole of life by paying premiums for a Single or Limited payment term

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Flexible payout options to receive your Annuity amount.

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Single plan offering both Immediate Annuity and Deferred Annuity

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Features of Retirement Plans in India

If you’re deciding whether a retirement plan is a good option, here’s a look at the features they offer:
Steady Flow of Income with Retirement Plans

Steady Flow of Income

Retirement plans offer you a guaranteed1 income on retirement, so you don’t have to worry about not having a steady income once you retire. Additionally, depending on the policy you opt for, you can secure your spouse’s financial future even if something happens to you.

Vesting Age in Retirement Pension Plans

Vesting Age

The vesting age is the time from when you become eligible to start receiving your pension payments. In India, most plans offer a minimum vesting age of 40 or 50 years since people retire and start receiving their pension when they are 60. You can find a plan that offers you what you need based on your retirement plans and goals

Surrender Value in Pension Plans

Surrender Value

If you opt to surrender your pension plan before it matures, you will forfeit any additional benefits it offers. Your pension plan will be considered a limited value plan, and you can commute a portion of the fund value and purchase an annuity with the remaining amount.

Accumulation Period in Pension Plans

Accumulation Period

You can opt to make a lump sum investment into your pension plan or make regular monthly or annual payments. Over time, your wealth grows since the money gets invested for you. The longer your accumulation period, the more money you will likely enjoy at maturity. If you start the accumulation period at the age of 40 and want to start your pension payments at 65, you invest for 25 years. The corpus you build up over that time will provide you with the bulk of your pension payments.

Flexible Payouts with Retirement Plans

Payment Period

Once the accumulation period gets over, you start receiving your pension payments. This phase is called the payment period. With annuity plans, the payments continue for as long as you are alive. So, you choose when you’d like to start the payment period. 

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What are the Steps to Buy Retirement Plan?

A retirement plan is a multi step process that evolves with time. The following steps will help you map out a retirement plan:

  • Set a budget

    Step 1

    Set a budget - list out 30 things in order of priority breaking them into short, medium and long term goals. Allocate your current income to get an estimate.

  • Evaluate Finance

    Step 2

    Evaluate your current financial position - examine your current financial position versus your financial goals, be more proactive about savings, investments and income.

  • Identify income sources

    Step 3

    Identify your income sources - consider all your income sources including insurance, investment portfolios, assets, and an option to do a part-time job to take charge of your retirement funds.

  • Re-evaluate your investment

    Step 4

    Are you running short? Re-evaluate your investment, make catch-up and bite-sized contributions to fill the gap.

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Retirement Plan Buying Guide

1 3 Reasons You Need To Start Your Retirement Planning Today

By your mid-thirties, chances are that your standard of living has improved significantly since your twenties, when you first joined the workforce. But have you considered what will happen when you are no longer able to work for a living? Retirement planning is not something to worry about later; it’s something you need to act on today. Starting early on building your retirement nest egg can make a world of difference to the security of your financial future.

 

Conducting a pension plan comparison at this stage is also crucial, as it helps you evaluate different options and choose the best plan for long-term financial security. Here’s why you should start planning for your retirement today.

 

More Savings, More Earnings

We all know the burden of taxes can be a hard one to bear, especially when you have a family to provide for. With the weight of these financial burdens, it can be easy to neglect yourself and your future financial security. You tell yourself that you’ll start saving for retirement once you get that promotion, once you turn 40 or once your kids go off to college.

 

However, the sooner you begin the better. In fact, investing money in your retirement plan can even help you save on taxes. By investing in retirement schemes such as the Public Provident Fund (PPF) and New Pension Scheme (NPS), you can avail up to Rs.1.5 lakhs in tax deductions under Section 80C.

 

What’s more, the power of compounding has a lot to offer you. Say you begin investing Rs.300 per month at the age of 25. Assuming an interest rate of 8%, you’d have over Rs.1 million by the time you are 65. Now if you invested the same amount starting at the age of 35, you’d have only Rs.440,000 at 65. In this case, starting a decade earlier would more than double your final amount.

 

Maintaining Your Independence

When you’ve spent your life supporting and providing for your children, it’s likely that they will want to help you out financially in your old age. However, being too dependent on them could mean them delaying their own financial goals as young adults. Wouldn’t it be better instead for you to have your own source of income? The earlier you start on your retirement savings, the bigger corpus you’ll have to fall back on. Perhaps you will even be able to help your children as they get settled!

 

And should something happen to you, a retirement plan or a pension plan will help ensure that your spouse and children are looked after in your absence.

 

Reaping Rewards

Sometimes it seems that the harder you work, the more inflation gets ahead of you. But what do you do about it? You save - not only for short-term goals and emergencies, but for your retirement as well. Even if it is only a small sum that you can manage to stash away at the end of the month, it’s better than nothing, and the small sum will grow eventually.

 

So don’t hesitate to start investing. Start small and let compounding do its job, so you don’t have to live small later in life. It’s possible to maintain your current standard of living after you retire or even go on that dream vacation. All it takes is the right approach.

 

Now that you’ve seen how early retirement planning can help you continue to live life on your own terms even after you’ve stopped earning, your next step is to start investing in a retirement plan. With the abundance of options available in the market, it can be difficult to zero in on the retirement plan for you. At HDFC Life, we provide retirement plans to help you meet the high cost of living and rising inflation. Choose from our range of pension schemes to find the one that best suits your needs.

 

2 Factors to Consider While Buying Pension Plan in India

You are convinced that you need to buy a pension plan for a financially secure retirement. However, you are not sure how to get started and the various steps to take. Here are some major aspects about pension plans that you need to keep in mind before buying them.

  • Determine retirement savings target
    When you are saving for your retirement through regular in retirement plans, or in a pension plan or a pension scheme, you need to figure out the savings you require at retirement. This will help you figure out the regular investment you need to make in pension plans. Remember to take into account your retirement savings from other sources like provident fund. In this stage, also take into account the retirement income needs of your spouse and family members, such as a financial dependent member with special needs. If this sounds a little complex for you, take the help of online calculators or the help of a financial advisor with proven expertise.

  • Start early
    To have ample retirement savings, you need to buy the pension plan early in your work life. This will make sure you have ample time to make small investments so that you can save a large amount.

  • Premium payment period
    When buying a pension plan in India from a life insurance company, get a sense of the time till which you will need to make the premium payment. This will keep you informed about your financial commitments to the pension plan.

  • Determine the kind of retirement income needed
    The amount of regular investments you need to make in pension plans also depends on the retirement income arrangements you expect to have in place. For instance, if you have company pensions or superannuation funds, these, along with provident fund and gratuity, will mean that you will need to reinvest these retirement savings at retirement, or create regular income through, among other things, annuities. Since two thirds of retirement savings in pension plans or retirement plans have to be converted into regular retirement income, you need to have a sense of your retirement income needs.

  • Look beyond tax savings
    Sure, pension plans in India provide annual tax deduction from total income under Section 80CCC of the Income-tax Act, 1961, for amounts upto Rs 1.5 lakh but that should not the main reason for buying a pension plan. Pension plans help you address the risk of outliving your money in retirement. You need to manage the risk in any case. Therefore, ensure that you eyes are firmly on your retirement income needs when buying a pension plan. In India, retired life is no longer a small period. The right decisions taken while buying a pension plan may well make a difference between you digging deeper in your pockets in retirement and leading a carefree retired life.

3 Best Time to Invest in a Pension Scheme

The best time to start investing in a pension scheme is right now. When it comes to saving up for your retirement, the earlier you start, the better. The longer you stay invested, the more time you have to build up a significant corpus for your golden years.

Eligibility Criteria for Retirement Plans

Individuals who want to purchase a retirement plan must be at least 18. Many companies will not allow individuals over 65 or 75 to buy retirement plans.

Documents to Be Kept Handy

 

Sr. No

Documents

Identity Proofs

Address Proofs

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Passport

Y

Y

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Voter’s Identity Card issued by Election Commission of India

Y

Y

3

Permanent Driving License

Y

Y

4

Aadhaar Card

Y

Y

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Central KYC Identifier (can be accepted, if the downloaded documents are from the list of Officially Valid Documents (OVD) reflecting across Sr. No. 1 to 4 and there is no change in the address basis the document downloaded from Centralized KYC Registry (CKYCR) database as mentioned on the proposal form)

Y

Y
ACCEPTABLE KYC PROOFS

How to Calculate the Return on a Pension Scheme?

Calculate your Returns on Pension Scheme

Calculating the return on your pension scheme isn’t always easy. Understanding how much you need to invest to gain a certain amount in the future requires a lot of strategic planning. You can use our retirement calculator to figure out how much you would possibly need in the future. Our calculator will also provide you with an estimate of how much you need to start putting into your pension plan fund today based on when you’d like to retire.

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Retirement Plans - FAQ's

We’ll tell you everything you need to know about Retirement Plans.

1 When should I start planning for retirement?

Retirement planning really depends on what stage of life you are. When you want to start really depends on you, your needs at 30 versus at 50 will be very different, so plan wisely.

 

  • If you are 20-30 years away from retirement then you need to be focused on accumulating retirement assets. At this stage try to get through the crunch years in decent overall financial shape (without credit, debts, etc.).

     

  • If you are 10-15 years away from retirement then it’s crunch time, and fine-tuning your retirement plan. Look at your income options, your retirement assets and align your retirement goals to them.

     

  • If you are just about to retire then it’s all about adjustments to minimize tax, maximize your income, and manage your assets. It’s about making your assets last as long as you can.

     

The earlier the retirement planning the better but the closer you get to your retirement, you will have to pay close attention to details.

2 What is the importance of insurance in retirement planning?

Many of us view life insurance as a way to protect families with death benefits. It is not just a savings or investment vehicle, but if needed, it can provide flexibility and access to a policy’s cash value, making it a valuable addition if properly utilized in a comprehensive retirement income plan.

Having an appropriate type with the correct amount of life insurance in your retirement will accomplish multiple things. It can help protect your income, provide tax-free cash flow, manage taxes, help your loved ones recover from any financial risks, and also improve the total returns in your portfolio.

In short, life insurance can provide more than just protection as it has the potential to provide protection and benefits throughout your retirement years.

3 Can I change the nominee of the policy?

Yes, you can change the nominee on your policy. You can complete the process online by signing into your account and managing your policy online. Click the My Policy Tab and then select the Change in Nominee/Beneficiary Name option. Fill in the requisite details and submit your application to change the policy nominee. 

4 What is the vesting date?

When talking about pension plans, the vesting date is the maturity date. So, it is the date when the policyholder starts receiving the benefits or the pension or when the pension corpus is invested into an annuity.

5 How can I Pay the Pension Plan Premiums?

You can pay your retirement plan premiums online via:

  1. Netbanking
  2. Credit card/ Debit card
  3. Debit Card with PIN
  4. SI on card

6 Whom should I contact for queries?

In case of any queries related to plan or form filling pls call our toll free number 1800 266 9777 or contact us at [email protected]
For submitting documents or any other query after premium payment, you can write us at [email protected] or call us on toll free number 1800 266 0315.
Post policy Issuance you can reach out our customer service desk on 022-68446530 (Call charges apply) or write to us at [email protected]

7 How do I calculate the retirement corpus?

You can use a mathematical formula to calculate your retirement corpus. This formula, known as the present value formula, is:

 

Present Value = Future Value · (1+r)n

 

Here, r is the rate of returns and n is the number of years.

8 What are the tax benefits on pension plans in India?

You can claim tax deductions on contributions you make to your pension plan up to INR 1,50,000 per year. The deduction terms are outlined under Section 80CCC of the Income Tax Act, 1961. For those considering a pension plan for NRI, certain plans in India also offer additional tax benefits under Section 80CCD.

9 What are participating and non-participating pension plans?

Participating pension plans, also known as par policies, allow the policyholder to share the insurance company’s profits. So, whenever the company earns profits, the policyholder will earn a portion of these profits in addition to the pension plan’s guaranteed benefits. The benefits are known as bonuses, incentives or dividends.

 

In non-participating pension schemes, individuals do not earn additional incentives. They only get the guaranteed pension on the plan’s maturity.

10 What is annuity?

An annuity is a type of financial plan that allows individuals to receive regular payments for the rest of their lives after making a lump sum contribution. When you opt for an annuity plan, your insurance provider invests the money on your behalf and pays out regular sums at given intervals.

11 I already have a provident fund account. Do I need a pension plan?

When it comes to planning for the future, you can never be too careful. While a provident fund account also allows you to save for the future, the kind of withdrawals you can make are limited. On the maturity of a provident fund, you can only withdraw a small portion of the funds. You must use the rest to purchase annuity.

With a pension plan, you can build up a corpus for the future and use it any way you wish since there is no cap on the amount you can withdraw on maturity.

12 Can I have multiple pension plans?

Yes, you can choose to invest in multiple pension plans. However, there is a limit on the maximum amount you can contribute across all policies, especially if you’d like to enjoy tax benefits5.

13 Does the pension plan in India end after the policyholder’s death?

No, most annuity plans come with a life insurance component. So if the policyholder passes away, the nominee will receive the benefits of the policy. They can choose to withdraw the entire amount or use a part of the amount to purchase an immediate annuity.

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Retirement Plans offer:
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    Financial independence once you retire.

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    Tax savings.

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    Guaranteed returns in your golden years.

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    Low entry age of 18.

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    Limited premium-paying term.

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    Options to choose payment frequency.

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Disclaimers

1. The word “Guaranteed” and “Guarantee” mean that annuity payout is fixed once the policy has been purchased.

2. Only for policies that are in-force. (3% of sum assured on vesting) that will get accrued for each completed policy year. Subject to policy being in force and all due premiums being paid. Conditions Apply.

3. Loyalty addition would be added to the fund starting from 10 policy anniversary for the other than ‘Single Premium’ policies paying annualized premium of ₹ 1,00,000 at least and for all the Single Premium paying policies.

4. Lock in – Applicable if Variant 2 - With Guaranteed Income variant is chosen.

5. As per Income Tax Act, 1961. Tax benefits are subject to changes in tax laws.

6. Provided all due premiums have been paid.

7. In case of Joint Life Option the annuity continues till either of the life assured is alive & Waiver of Premium (WOP) is applicable only on first death of primary life

8. The age mentioned is the age as per the last birthday.

10. Amount of guaranteed income will depend upon premiums paid subject to applicable terms and conditions.

11. Loyalty addition would be added to the fund starting from 10 policy anniversary for the other than ‘Single Premium’ policies paying annualized premium of ₹ 1,00,000 at least and for all the Single Premium paying policies.

12. Depends on the policy term and the chosen premium paying term.

~ This is the return of the benchmark index fund and not indicative of HDFC Life Top 500 Momentum 50 Pension fund performance (SFIN-ULIF07702/12/24Top500MoPF101). Source: https://www.nseindia.com/

*Guaranteed – Only for the policies that are in force and all due premiums have been paid.

**Subject to payment of additional premium.

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