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type: "tool"
title: "Inflation Calculator"
description: "Calculate how inflation changes the future value and purchasing power of money in India, using your amount, inflation rate and time period."
resource: "https://www.gstcalculators.in/inflation-calculator.html"
language: "en"
bundle_generated: "2026-10-12"
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# Inflation Calculator

Calculate how inflation changes the future value and purchasing power of money in India, using your amount, inflation rate and time period.

- Canonical page: [Inflation Calculator](https://www.gstcalculators.in/inflation-calculator.html)
- Publisher: [Tool Master Hub / GSTCalculators.in](../site.md)
- Category: [Basic Financial Calculators](../categories/basic.md)

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## Questions and answers from the visible page

### What inflation rate should I use for India?

India's average CPI inflation has generally run around 5-7% over recent years — 6% is a commonly used planning assumption, though it varies by category (education and healthcare often run higher).

### How does inflation affect retirement planning?

It's critical — a retirement corpus that looks large today may buy much less in 20-30 years. Always plan retirement goals in future, inflation-adjusted terms, not today's rupees.

### What's the formula used here?

Future Cost = Present Amount × (1 + Inflation Rate/100) ^ Years. The reverse calculation divides instead of multiplies, to show today's purchasing power of a future sum.

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