Ravi and Pooja, a young salaried couple
- The situation
- Ravi, 29, works for a private company, and Pooja, 27, teaches at a school in Rajula. Together they save about ₹15,000 a month, but it just sits in a savings account. Apart from a small group policy at Ravi’s work, neither has life cover.
- The plan
- Protection first: a term plan for each of them, and a health policy for the family. Then two SIPs adding up to ₹8,000 a month, one for a home down payment in about seven years and one for the long term. Three months of expenses stay aside as an emergency fund.
- Where they are now
- They now have a written plan with each goal, its date and its monthly amount. Their family is covered if something happens to either of them, the SIPs run on their own, and they’ve decided to step up the SIPs as their salaries grow.