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Retirement Planning in Your 30s: A Practical Roadmap

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2 February 2026By Arjun Mehta8 min read

Your 30s are the most powerful compounding decade. Align retirement math with inflation and future lifestyle choices.

Retirement planning in your 30s should begin with a clear target corpus, adjusted for inflation, not a generic monthly SIP suggestion.

Estimate post-retirement annual expenses in today's value, apply an inflation rate, and map this to a retirement corpus range. Then distribute the required monthly savings across equity, debt, and retirement-focused instruments.

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Revisit this every year as income grows. Increasing retirement contributions by even 8 to 10 percent annually can significantly reduce pressure in your 40s and 50s.

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Arjun Mehta