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From Piggy Bank to SIP — Where Money Sleeps

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The question

"My grandmother saved ₹20,000 in a steel box for my birthday gift in 2010. I finally got it last year. Guess what it bought? Roughly half of what she planned."

That steel box — the famous Indian gullak — did its job honestly. Nothing was stolen, nothing was lost. Yet the money inside quietly shrank. This chapter is about the thief that never breaks in: inflation, and the ladder of places where money can sleep — from a clay piggy bank to a SIP.

Check your understanding

  1. A steel box holds ₹1,00,000 for 3 years while inflation averages 5% a year. What really happened to the money?
  2. An FD offers 7% and inflation is 5.5%. The REAL return is roughly:
  3. What makes a SIP different from a piggy bank?

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