17/11/2025
Dear Indian friend, what will you have to give up in your old age?
Yes, that's right, you will have to give up many things in your old age.
Your pension will be very modest.
You can expect 30% – 40% of your current net income.
What should we cut out? You'll be poor then.
The nice car? Only buses and trains from now on.
The great apartment/house? Rent will be expensive and renovating your house will also be unaffordable.
Vacation? How will you be able to afford a vacation later on?
Food? Well, that's a basic need, so it will be difficult. You'll have to buy something to eat.
Leisure activities? Everything costs money. Restaurants? That's 50-70 euros gone.
What are you willing to give up?
What a disgusting question, right?
Who wants to give anything up?
But the reality is that pensions will be modest.
I don't think you can hope that life in India will be super cheap in 30 years.
Who knows what life in India will be like in 30 years?
Maybe it will even be more expensive than in Germany.
Many Turks, for example, have said that they will simply retire in Turkey.
Turkey is currently quite expensive. A pensioner with a German pension won't survive there for long....
So that you don't have to deal with this nasty question, there is only ONE answer:
You have to invest today.
Today, not tomorrow.
Today, not in January or February.
One month makes a big difference.
Up to 3.000 € more money if you start ONE month earlier.
So, start earlier so you don't have to deal with this unpleasant question.