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Life Goals, Family & Protection
Turn the numbers into a life plan your family can rely on.
Goal-based frameworks for the things money is actually for: children's education, buying a home, protecting your family, and building an emergency buffer that works across UAE and India.
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(7)Goal Planning Calculator
Calculate required monthly SIP to achieve your financial goals
Open calculatorMulti-Goal Planner
Map all your financial goals on one visual timeline
Open calculatorChild Education Calculator
Plan for your child's higher education costs
Open calculatorHome Affordability Calculator
Determine how much house you can afford
Open calculatorSaving Goal Calculator
Calculate monthly savings to reach any financial goal
Open calculatorInsurance Coverage Calculator
Find the right life insurance coverage using 4 proven methods
Open calculatorBudget Health Calculator
Check your 50-30-20 budget score, built for NRIs
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(2)Financial Planning for Indian Professionals Working in the UAE
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Read articleFrequently asked
How much should NRIs save for a child's education abroad?
Today's ballpark for a 4-year undergraduate programme: AED 600k-1.5M for Indian private universities, AED 1.5-3M for UK/Australia, AED 3-5M+ for top US schools, all inflation-adjusted to when your child actually starts. Education inflation runs 8-10% in India and 5-6% globally — materially higher than general CPI. The child education calculator lets you model realistic scenarios.
How much life insurance do UAE NRIs actually need?
The Human Life Value (HLV) method gives the most defensible answer: total future earnings from now until retirement, minus your own consumption, discounted to today. For most NRIs in their 30s-40s that lands between 15-25x annual income. Indian term plans can be dramatically cheaper than UAE plans for the same cover — the insurance coverage calculator shows all four industry methods side-by-side.
Should NRIs buy a home in India or keep renting in the UAE?
This is the single most emotional decision in cross-border finance and the one most often decided poorly. Framework: rent in the UAE while you're working there (mobility is valuable), and buy in India only when you have a concrete return-to-India timeline and the purchase fits your net worth without wrecking your portfolio allocation. The home affordability calculator enforces the boring math.
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