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SIP of ₹10,000 Per Month — What You'd Get

See exactly what a ₹10,000 monthly SIP grows into over 10 years at a 12% expected return — real computed corpus, invested amount, and gains.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP is one of the most common starting points for new mutual fund investors in India — round, affordable for many salaried earners, and easy to compare against other savings goals.

The Scenario

  • Monthly investment: ₹10,000
  • Expected annual return: 12% (the calculator's default assumption)
  • Duration: 10 years (120 months)

The live result above is computed using the exact same formula the SIP Calculator uses — no rounding shortcuts or approximations, just the real output for these inputs.

What This Means

Out of the final corpus, ₹12,00,000 is money you actually contributed (₹10,000 × 120 months). The remainder — over ₹11 lakh — comes entirely from compounding, roughly matching your total contribution in pure growth. That split is a useful sanity check for any SIP projection: if the gains portion looks smaller than the invested portion over a 10-year horizon at a realistic return, either the return assumption or the duration is probably too conservative.

Try Your Own Numbers

This scenario uses round numbers for clarity, but your actual monthly budget, target return, and timeline are probably different. Click through to the SIP Calculator — the ₹10,000 monthly amount carries over automatically, and you can adjust the return rate and duration to match your own plan.

Frequently Asked Questions

It's a commonly used planning assumption based on long-term historical equity mutual fund averages in India, not a guarantee. Actual returns vary year to year and can be higher or lower depending on which funds you choose and the market conditions over your specific investment period.
The corpus scales roughly proportionally with the monthly amount at the same rate and duration, so ₹5,000 a month would land close to half this scenario's result. Open the [SIP Calculator](/sip-calculator-india/) and change the monthly amount directly to see your exact figure.
In this scenario, ₹12,00,000 is money you actually put in (₹10,000 × 120 months), and the rest is growth from compounding. The gains portion typically grows faster the longer you stay invested, since compounding needs time to compound.
The corpus grows non-linearly, not proportionally — extending the same ₹10,000 monthly SIP from 10 to 20 years roughly quadruples the final corpus rather than doubling it, because compounding has twice as long to work. Try different durations directly in the [SIP Calculator](/sip-calculator-india/).
It depends on whether you already have ₹12 lakh available today or are building it up from income over time. If you have the lump sum ready, see [SIP vs Lumpsum](/articles/sip-vs-lumpsum/) for a full comparison of which approach tends to work out better and when.

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