Last updated on: June 25, 2025
Purchasing mutual fund through a SIP is one of the most preferred ways to create wealth in the long-run. But if you want to get better returns and wish to have your investment portfolio in line with your rising income, you should use the top up SIP or Step Up SIP feature. The Step-Up SIP Calculator 2024 is a tool which assists in making you aware of future values of your investments with an option of increasing the SIP amount each year by entering a percentage of investment you increase annually.
A Step-Up SIP means that you can step up your SIP amount periodically, which is usually on a yearly basis. This helps you leverage your income and is designed to try and increase your rate of saving by investing more as your income increases. For instance, by investing Rs. 1000 per month in a mutual fund and increasing it to 10% every year, your investment will yield astronomical returns.
The Step-Up SIP Calculator 2024 is easy to use and delivers an accurate prediction as to how your investment will grow in the future. Here’s how you can use it:
When you have entered these details, the calculator will then generate a projection of the amount that your investments should achieve in the future taking into account the annual step up.
Let’s walk through an example using the Step-Up SIP Calculator 2024, assuming all amounts are in Indian Rupees (INR).
To calculate the total investment amount over 20 years, we need to account for the annual increase in SIP contributions. This is a step-by-step process where each year’s investment amount increases by 10%.
The future value of the investments also needs to factor in the annual compounding at the expected rate of return of 12%.
By summing up the future values of all individual years, we can find the total future value of the investment.
Using the above method for each year, the calculator will provide the final future value of your investments.
Assuming the calculation for each year as described above, the total future value at the end of 20 years would be approximately:
This illustrative example shows how the initial investment amount, annual step-up percentage, investment duration, and expected rate of return contribute to the growth of your wealth over time using the Step-Up SIP strategy.
1. What is the least step-up percentage I need to select?
The minimum step-up percentage you can choose is 5% of the monthly contribution towards SIP
2. Is it possible to get a change in step-up percentage in the middle of my systematic investment plan?
Once you have enrolled for SIP Top Up with an annual percentage, the details cannot be modified. In case you want to make any changes, you will have to stop the existing SIP and begin a new SIP
3. Can you tell me that the maximum limit of the SIP amount is there or not?
The limit on the SIP amounts may differ depending on the provider, and the Step-Up SIP Calculator does not set a fixed maximum.
4. How frequent can I increase the SIP?
Our calculator supports only annual top up. Though there are some other calculators that may offer half-yearly top up. Generally, the AMC allows only annual tops
By using the Step-Up SIP Calculator 2024, you can always know how much you can invest every month and see how compounding works to develop a big corpus. Begin without delay and observe the growth of life’s most precious asset – your hard earned money.
Written by Prem Anand, a content writer with over 10+ years of experience in the Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance sectors.
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