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By
Ms. Muskan Sadhwani, Student – MBA, Sadhu Vaswani Institute of
Management Studies for Girls
Dr. B H Nanwani, Director, Sadhu Vaswani Institute of Management Studies for
Girls.
ABSTRACT
This study will set one's sights on how to gain cognizance about key factors that
influence investment behaviour and ways these factors affect investment risk
tolerance and decision-making process among men and women and among
different age groups. The individuals may be equal in all aspects, may even be
living next door, but their financial planning needs are hugely different. It is by
using different age groups along with Gender that synergism between
investors can be generated. In this context, demographics alone no longer
suffice as the basis of segmentation of individual investors. Hence keeping this
in mind, the present study is an attempt to find out Factors which affects
individual investment decision and differences in the belief of investors in the
decision of investing on basis of age and based on Gender. The study concludes
that investors’ age and gender decide the risk-taking ability of investors. As an
investor and in a financial plan what are the aspects which need to be
investigated and are to be ignored.
Key words:
Risk Coverage, Perceptual factors, Perception of Investors, Security, Opinion
Leadership, Awareness of Investment options, Time Duration.
Introduction:
Financial planning is the process of creating a roadmap to achieve your
financial goals. It involves analyzing your current financial situation,
identifying your financial goals, and developing a plan to help you achieve
those goals. Financial planning takes into account your income, expenses,
assets, liabilities, and investment strategies. The goal is to create a plan that
maximizes your financial resources while minimizing financial risk.
There are several components of financial planning, including budgeting,
investing, retirement planning, tax planning, and estate planning. Budgeting
involves analyzing your income and expenses to create a spending plan that
helps you achieve your financial goals. Investing involves selecting appropriate
investments based on your financial goals and risk tolerance. Retirement
planning involves estimating your retirement income needs and developing a
savings plan to achieve those needs. Tax planning involves identifying tax-
efficient strategies to reduce your tax liability. Estate planning involves creating
a plan to distribute your assets after your death and minimize estate taxes.
Overall, financial planning helps individuals and families achieve their financial
goals and attain financial security. A well-crafted financial plan can help you
save money, reduce financial stress, and provide peace of mind.
Literature Review:
Methodology:
Objective of Study:
1. To Study the Concept of Financial Planning
2. To study the investment pattern of an individual.
Case Study Method has been used to study the financial plan of an individual.
Other details:
Average Monthly Household expenses ₹ 50,000
Monthly education expense of children ₹ 16,000
[including school fees, transport and activity fees]
Home Loan EMI ₹ 70,000
Annual Life Insurance premium ₹ 35,000
Home Loan ₹ 60,00,000
The couple is primarily concerned about repaying the huge home loan liability given the fact
that the loan tenure will end near their planned retirement age.
They want to know if they will be able to repay the loan comfortably and opt for prepayment
whenever they receive bonus/increments. Other concerns are planning for the higher
education of their children.
In the recent times, it has been seen that both the parents in the household are
working. As they dream for giving their child an honourable, noble, moralistic
and good
The usual process which the new moms follow for the time being is that they
leave their child at the day care centres. And it is also analysed that the time
comparatively less and the stress and restlessness is predominantly faced by
both the working parents. Even though the new parents think of giving a good
standard of living. For which they both tend to work for getting good salary or
good amount of money in the household.
Measures for tax planning: -
1) Tax saving options under the Section 80 C of the Income Tax Act, 1961
2) Tax saving options under section 80 D of the Income Tax Act, 1961
3) Tax saving options under section 80 E of the Income Tax Act, 1961
4) Tax saving options form 15 ‘G’ and 15 ‘H’
5) Income Tax Deductions for Donations under section 80 ‘G’
Strategy that MR. & Mrs. Malhotra can take to meet their goals are :
1) ELSS Funds (Equity Linked Saving Scheme).
These funds are a class from the mutual funds which are eligible for deduction
of tax under the provisions of Section 80 C of the Income Tax Act, 1961. These
types of mutual funds are equity-oriented and 65%if their portfolios are
invested.
2) Investing Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana Account which is a government of India
backed saving scheme for girl child. This scheme inspires the parents to plan for
a better educational future for the female child. On 22nd January 2015, this
scheme was launched in collaboration with the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
Campaign. With 7% interest this scheme also fosters tax benefits.
The account opening process can be done at any India Post Office or Branch of
the authorized commercial banks. For availing the benefits of this scheme, the
maximum age for a girl child must be 10 years. A year’s grace period is granted.
The account is said to be mature on completion of a period of 21 years from the
date when the account was opened.
A minimum deposit of Rs. 250 is to be deposited initially and the maximum
limit for the deposit is 1,50,000.
Conclusion:
This research paper aimed to study the challenges faced by the dual-employed
parents, how they balance work and family responsibilities. Through this
research it is easily seen that the duple-employed parents have created different
strategies for their childcare support. Few of them have office specific facilities.
Numerous of them have made their children busy with different extra-curricular
activities like swimming, educational tuition classes, etc. Dual-employed
parents face various challenges, ranging from managing work schedules to
finding reliable childcare providers. However, they use various strategies such
as flexible work arrangements, seeking help from family and friends, and
involving children in household chores to balance their work and family
responsibilities. By using these strategies, dual-employed parents can maintain
their jobs while also providing their children with adequate care and attention.
There are certain tax saving options in the Income tax Act,1961.
There are also certain schemes, ELSS fund, Sukanya Samridhi Yojana Account,
NPS (National Pension Scheme), Fixed Deposits, Gold ETF (Exchange-trade
fund)
The topic is financial planning for DEWKS – is the above in that relation.
Yes, ma’am I little information about that I have added
References
Randall K.Q. Akee, William E. Copeland, Gordon Keeler, Adrian Angold, and
Elizabeth J. Costello. (2010). AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL:
APPLIED ECONOMICS, Parents' Incomes and Children's Outcomes: A
Quasi-experiment, VOL. 2, NO. 1, JANUARY 2010 (pp. 86-115)