Inflation Calculator
See what an amount today will cost in the future at a given inflation rate, and the flip side: what today's rupees will actually be able to buy by then.
Your numbers
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%/yr
India's CPI inflation has averaged roughly 5–6%/yr over the last decade.
years
Result — with the workings shown
Cost of this in 10 years
₹1,79,085
What ₹1 today feels like then
₹0.56
per rupee of today's money
How this is worked out
Something costing ₹1,00,000 today will cost roughly ₹1,00,000 × (1 + 6.0%) ^ 10 = ₹1,79,085 in 10 years at 6.0%/yr inflation. Flip it around: that same ₹1,00,000, held as cash with no growth, would only be able to buy what ₹55,839 buys today — which is why letting money sit idle is a real cost, not a neutral choice.
This is exactly why the SIP and FIRE calculators on this site let you check a result against inflation — a return that doesn't beat inflation is a real loss in purchasing power, even though the number in your account went up.