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Life Cover Calculator

What the people who depend on you would need if your income stopped, what they would already have, and the gap between the two.

What the household spends each month, leaving out loan EMIs — the loans are cleared separately below.

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Everything still owed, across every loan.

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Bank balances, deposits and investments. Leave out the home you live in and your EPF or NPS.

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Years of living costs to cover

Your choice — for example, until the youngest finishes education. We do not pick one for you.

Through an employer or a policy of your own. Enter 0 if you hold none — blank means you have not said.

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What this needs

Two answers

Choose how many years of living costs to cover, and say what life cover you already hold. Nothing here assumes a figure for you.

Nothing here grows: living costs are held at today's level and no return is assumed on the savings. The home you live in and your EPF or NPS are left out of what your family would have, so the gap leans on the cautious side.

Arithmetic on the figures you entered — not advice, and not a recommendation of any policy or provider. Whether the gap matters, and what to do about it, is your decision.
Educational estimates from your own inputs and assumptions — not investment advice. Muktify is not SEBI-registered.

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Work it out from what your family would need

A multiple of your salary is easy to say and describes nobody in particular. Two people on the same salary can need very different amounts: one has a large home loan and young children, the other has no debt and a partner who earns. This calculator works from the household instead of from the income.

On one side is what the money would have to do: clear the loans still outstanding, and replace living costs for a number of years you choose. On the other is what your family would already have: savings they could reach, plus any life cover already in place. The difference is the gap.

Gap = (loans outstanding + monthly living costs × 12 × years) − (savings your family could reach + cover you already hold)

Why living costs leave out the EMIs

The loans are cleared in full on the need side of the sum. If the monthly living costs also included the EMIs, every loan would be counted twice: once as a balance to clear, and again as a payment continuing for years after it is gone. So enter what the household spends each month without the loan repayments.

The home you live in and your EPF or NPS are left out of what your family would have. A payout from either depends on scheme rules and on a family deciding to sell, so the gap leans on the cautious side rather than the comfortable one.

The number of years is yours to choose

It is the figure that moves the answer most, and the calculator does not pick it for you. It can be tied to something real: until the youngest child finishes education, until a partner reaches a pension of their own, or until the longest loan would have run its course.

If you leave the existing cover box empty, the calculator shows what your family would need and stops there. It does not treat a blank as no cover at all, because that would overstate the gap. Enter 0 if you genuinely hold none.

Frequently asked questions

How much life cover does my family need?

Add the loans that would need clearing to the living costs your family would need replaced for the number of years you choose, then subtract the savings they could reach and any cover already in place. What remains is the gap on your own figures.

Is ten times my annual income enough life cover?

It might be more or less than you need. An income multiple ignores your loans, your savings, how long your dependants would need support and whether another income would continue. Working from those figures gives an answer about your household rather than an average one.

Should I count my house and EPF in what my family would have?

This calculator leaves them out. Selling the family home is a decision, not money to hand, and an EPF or NPS payout depends on scheme rules. Leaving both out makes the gap cautious; you can judge for yourself how much of either your family could rely on.

Does inflation or investment growth change the figure?

This calculator holds living costs at today’s level and assumes no growth on savings, so every figure is one you can check by hand. Rising prices would increase the need over a long span, which is worth bearing in mind when you choose the number of years.

Do I need to sign up to use this calculator?

No. It works without an account, and nothing you enter is stored: the figures stay in your browser tab and disappear when you close it.

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