Rs 5 crore in 20 years: What should be the SIP amount?

The young folks at work aren’t exactly fond of me these days. Ever since I published that “Rs 4.4 crore is the new Rs 1 crore for Gen Zs” piece, I’ve been getting side-eyes, stiff nods and what I swear was an attempted shoulder barge by someone carrying an oat milk latte. (Okay fine, maybe I imagined the barge. But the latte was real.) Clearly, bridges needed rebuilding. So, in a bid to win them back, I decided to be useful. I turned to the one place that never judges me for asking too many questions: Value Research’s own SIP calculator (yes, we do eat ou

This article was originally published on June 26, 2025.