We should be planning our 20s for our 30s, to push the plan further I made the blueprint for basic financial independence. (Note: It might be a kind of perfect retirement plan for many.) I found the perfect golden number, ie. 80,64,900.58. This is the amount of money you will be accumulating if you follow this planned 10 years course ahead. All you need to do is to invest ₹25,000 per month in equity such as index funds and stocks for the first year, then ₹26,750 per month for the second year (Here note that the deposit goes 7% incremental each year to cancel out the assumed 7% inflation each year), and if you do it for 10 years (assuming an average market return to be 13%), then the final balance with 13% market gains will be ₹80,64,900.58. Here’s the table to help visualise: And congratulations you have reached the amount you needed to be financially free and earn passively rest of the life! Here’s how: This table will help you visualise if the basic average expenses to be ₹25,000 per...