Public Provident Fund: This PPF trick can increase your money by 300% in 10 years!

Retirement, Pension Planning: Public Provident Fund is one of the safest ways to save money for retirement. It offers a fairly high interest rate of 8% at present.

Public Provident Fund: This PPF trick can increase your money by 300% in 10 years!
Any individual can open the PPF account in their own name as well as on behalf of a minor at banks and also at post office. Image source: Reuters
By Rajeev Kumar
Updated: Mon, Dec 03, 2018
11:08 am
New Delhi, ZeeBiz WebDesk
RELATED NEWS
Public Provident Fund: PPF account holder? Doing this would put you in big loss! Find the way out Public Provident Fund: PPF account holder? Doing this would put you in big loss! Find the way out
Public Provident Fund: Making PPF investment on these days will reduce your returns; Check how Public Provident Fund: Making PPF investment on these days will reduce your returns; Check how
Public Provident Fund vs Mutual Fund SIP: What Rs 200 a day may become in 15, 20, 25, 30 years - Surprising numbers here Public Provident Fund vs Mutual Fund SIP: What Rs 200 a day may become in 15, 20, 25, 30 years - Surprising numbers here
Public Provident Fund vs National Pension System: Here's what you can get with Rs 100, Rs 200, Rs 417 a day! Public Provident Fund vs National Pension System: Here's what you can get with Rs 100, Rs 200, Rs 417 a day!
Public Provident Fund (PPF) benefit: Turn Rs 200 a day into Rs 1.3 crore cash, 96000/month pension! Public Provident Fund (PPF) benefit: Turn Rs 200 a day into Rs 1.3 crore cash, 96000/month pension!

Retirement, Pension Planning: Public Provident Fund (PPF) is one of the safest ways to save money for retirement. It offers a fairly high interest rate of 8% at present. It is also one of the safest financial tools that may help investors become crorepati in the shortest possible time, thanks to the power of compounding. Normally, people withdraw their PPF deposit after 15 years. However, the PPF account can be extended further in blocks of five years each. You would be surprised to know that by extending the PPF account for just two blocks of five years each, the final amount could be over three times (or 300%) higher than what you may get after 15 years.

Suppose you start investing the maximum amount of Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 12,500 per month) at the age of 25, then at the current rate of interest of 8%, this amount may grow up to Rs 4398645 in 15 years. However, if you continue the account and remain investing 1.5 lakh per year for another 10 years, then your final amount would be over Rs 1.2 crore! Surprised? Here's how it works:

If you start the PPF account with an investment of Rs 1.5 lakh, then it earns 8% interest (Rs 12,000) in the first year. In the second year, you will earn an interest of 8% on Rs 150000 + Rs 12000 + Rs 150000. This will be around Rs 24960. 

PPF Calculator @8% per annum interest

         
Yr Opening Balance Amount Deposited Interest Earned Closing Balance
1 0 150000 12000 162000
2 162000 150000 24960 336960
3 336960 150000 38957 525917
4 525917 150000 54073 729990
5 729990 150000 70399 950389
6 950389 150000 88031 1188420
7 1188420 150000 107074 1445494
8 1445494 150000 127640 1723134
9 1723134 150000 149851 2022985
10 2022985 150000 173839 2346824
11 2346824 150000 199746 2696570
12 2696570 150000 227726 3074296
13 3074296 150000 257944 3482240
14 3482240 150000 290579 3922819
15 3922819 150000 325826 4398645
  Total Deposit 2250000 Interest earned 2148645

Similarly, in the third year you will earn an interest of 8% on 150000 +Rs 12000 + Rs 150000 + Rs 24960 + Rs 150000. This will be Rs 38957. Continuing this way (as shown in the chart above), you will earn a whopping Rs 2148645 interest in 15 years. In another 10 years, the whole amount will become over Rs 1.2 crore. This is almost thrice the amount you could have got in 15 years. This amount will come handy in your days post retirement.  

In case, you do not want to invest beyond 15 years, even then you can continue the account for another 10 years. In the period, you will continue to earn the applicable interest rate. In this case also, the money will grow up to over Rs 96 lakh if the interest rate remain unchanged.. 

Any individual can open the PPF account in their own name as well as on behalf of a minor at banks and also at post office. Opening of PPF accounts in the name of Hindu Undivided Family is not permitted. One can make a minimum deposit of Rs 500.00 and maximum Rs.1,50,000 per annum may in the PPF. 

(Note: The above is for explanation purpose only. The PPF interest rate is revised by the government periodically. Hence, the final outcome in the long run may vary.) 

By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. You can find out more by clicking this link

Close