Existing investment + lumpsums

What today's corpus grows to, plus future lumpsums.

Existing investment5 lakh

₹

Already invested, growing from today.

Years

yrs

Expected return

Inflation

Lumpsums in later years

Value at the end

₹27,36,783

after 15 years

Worth in today's money

₹11,41,964

after 6% inflation

You invest

₹5,00,000

existing + every lumpsum

Growth

₹22,36,783

82% of the total

Where the final amount comes from

Existing grows to ₹27,36,783

Projected valueAmount invested

What inflation does to this

₹27,36,783 in 15 years buys what ₹11,41,964 buys today. The real gain over what was put in is ₹6,41,964, not ₹22,36,783.