Rameshta Formula ©
By Rajendra Agrawal
Definition
Recurring deposit is a special term deposit product provided by the various banks of India as well
as post offices to help people with fixed income to deposit a fixed amount per month into a time recurring account and earn interest at a rate applicable to fixed deposits. This is similar to the monthly installment of a certain amount of FD.
Introduction
In recurring deposit, each person invests a fixed amount of money each month for a certain amount of time. Finally, he recovered his investment and interest. The interest on recurring deposit is the same as on fixed deposits. The funds invested in recurring deposit accounts earn compound interest on a quarterly basis. Interest is paid only when it expires. Talking about the usefulness of the product then if a person has future financial goals, but can invest only a small amount, time deposits are the ideal product. However, if a person has Idle cash and wants to invest for a financial purpose, fixed deposit are a better bet than recurring deposits. The tenure of RD is from minimum 6 months to maximum 10 years.
Recurring deposit is a safe financial product and provide a reasonably good return. Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) is applicable on a recurring deposit. If a person has only one recurring deposit, the interest earned on his investments and recurring deposits is more than Rs. 10,000, the tax will be deducted 10% by the bank.
Benefits of a recurring deposit
- It normalizes savings.
- Encourage savings habits.
- It helps to build a large corpus.
- Time deposits help ensure the financial future.
- It can help a person's liquidity needs because they do not need to devote all their money.
- This is one of the best investment options for new investors just starting a career.
- Periodic deposits help to plan short-term goals of one to three years.
First of all I was planning to invest with recurring deposit, for this I went to XYZ bank to ask the details regarding recurring deposit there executive said you can find every details like maturity amount, interest rate on internet when I saw on net then found that the maturity amount given by bank on recurring deposit and the calculations of maturity amount done by me manually is not match to each other, there is a slight difference in both of the maturity value. After that I started calculating manually the maturity value of some other banks, then also I found out that there is difference in maturity amount given by bank and the manual calculations done by me. Then I studied deeply and found out that the
formula which is used by maximum bank is so I calculated from this formula also and found that the value occurred by this formula is different (less) then manual calculations
There are some banks also who gives the maturity amount less than the maturity amount occurred by formula used by bank all and all maximum banks are giving less maturity amount from the amount I have calculated manually
There are 1 or 2 banks who are giving more maturity value then the manually calculated value this clears that no bank is giving the exact maturity value of recurring deposit
The main purpose of my literature is to give the correct formula to calculate maturity amount of recurring deposit to bank and for the customers to earn the actual interest
To innovate the correct formula of recurring deposits I have two task in front of me the first one was that how the formula that banks are using had come and second was to find the error in that. After doing the deep study of the formula I understand that how the formula has come
In below I try to explain in detail:-
We know that is the formula to calculate the final amount on the basis of quarterly compound
interest.
Where,
A= Final amount
P= principal amount
r= rate of interest per annum
n= number of times interest is compounded quarterly
Suppose that r/400=i and P=R we have done this to reach bank’s formula now we can write for the calculations of maturity amount of recurring deposits
As we know that
=
we know that
Now my second task is to find the error in this formula
To explain this I will give an example first:
Suppose Aman had invested 10000 at the rate of 8% per annum on the basis of quarterly compounded interest for 5 months then calculate the final amount
We know that and this formula is used by bank
Where P=10000, r= 8, and n=5/3
Putting the value A=10335.55
According to me this calculation is wrong because the value of n should be in whole number fNow we use the Rajendra formula
Note: (this formula gives you the highest accuracy to occur the final amount of fixed deposit.)
Where
A=final amount
P=principal amount
R=rate of interest (for quarterly R/4)
n=number of times interest is compounded (where n is a whole number)
N=remaining months (after calculating n)
for quarterly 3
for monthly 1
for half yearly 6
for yearly 12
P=10000 N=2
R=8/4 m=3
n=1
Putting the value
In the end we can say that the formula which is used by bank to occur the maturity value of recurring deposits where base n does not belong to the whole number that’s why this formula has an error.
We know that, to calculate the final amount of compound interest we have two formulas and they both give same value of final amount
First :-
Where,
A=Final amount
P=principal amount
R=Rate of interest per annum (for quarterly R/4, for half yearly R/2, for yearly R/1, for monthly R/12)
n= Number of periods
Second:-
Where,
A=Final amount
P=principal amount
r=Interest rate per annum (decimal)
n=Number of times interest is compounded per year
t=time (year)
To calculate the maturity amount of recurring deposit we can use any of the formula out of these two
We are using to calculate the maturity value of recurring deposit
First of all we have to keep in mind that the value of n should be in whole number
After deep studies I have found the most accurate formula for maturity value of recurring deposit which Calculate the recurring deposit maturity value on the basis of any compounded interest from 1 to n number of months. My formula gives highest accuracy of maturity value of recurring deposit.
Note:- we will use I in my formula instead of P
My Rameshta formula for maturity value of recurring deposit is given below:-
Rameshta formula:-
Where,
M=Maturity value of recurring deposit
m= Brij Value
for monthly 1, for quarterly 3, for half yearly 6, and for yearly 12.
I=installment
R=rate of interest (Quarterly=R/4, half yearly= R/2, yearly = R/1, monthly=R/12)
N=remaining months (after calculating n)
n=Number of times interest is compounded
Note: N and n should always be in whole number
When interest is compounded quarterly then R=R/4 and m=3 now the formula will look like this
When interest is compounded half yearly then R=R/2 and m=6, now the formula will look like this:-
When interest is compounded yearly then R=R/1 and M=12 now the formula look like this:-
When interest is compounded monthly then R=R/12 and m=1 and N=0 now the formula will look like this:-
Now in below I have given two example of occurring maturity value through Rameshta Formula
For example:-
1- Apurva invested 10000 Rs per month for 24 months at the rate of 6.75% per annum on the basis of quarterly compounded what will be the maturity amount for recurring deposit?
- Using Rameshta formula:-
Where R= R/4 and m=3
For quarterly compounded interest
Where I=10000, R=6.75%, n=8, N=0 now putting the value
This is the final maturity value of above question for recurring deposit if we calculate manually the maturity value will be same.
2- Arpit invested 5000 Rs per month in recurring deposit for quarterly compound basis on interest with 6.25% per year for 14 months then what will be the maturity value for this recurring deposit?
- Using Rameshta formula:
Where R= R/4 and m=3
For quarterly compounded interest
Where I=5000, R=6.25%, n=4, N=2 now putting the value
This is the final maturity value of above question for recurring deposit if we calculate manually the maturity value will be same.
My Rameshta formula is made by 2 parts
1st part is =
2nd part is=
Note: 1st part is only required to calculate the maturity and 2nd part is only used when N is required.
After lot of study and deep analysis we have reached to the conclusion. This formula works not only on quarterly basis but also annually, monthly, half yearly or any compound considered we can occur exact value of recurring deposits from 1 month to n months through this Rameshta formula will not only provide accurate amount of maturity value of recurring deposit but will also help the banks to rectify the maturity amount they are currently being paying to the customers. Through this customer will be able to get the exact value of the return that they will deposit
Acknowledgement
I would like to thank Mr. Anshul Agrawal Mr. Satish Agrawal, Mr. Shravan Kumar Goyal, Mr. Shashank Goyal, Mr. Sagar Goyal, Mr. Rajesh Agrawal, Ms. Apurva Agarwal, Mrs. Renu Agrawal to improve the quality of the paper. I would like to thank Mr. G.P Shrivatava (Head of the copyright department), President Office, Finance ministry office, Prime minister office for the continuous morale support.
Author introduction
My name is Rajendra Agrawal, S/o late Shri B R S Vaishya and Smt. Vimla devi Male 46 years , Resident of Shivpuri ( M.P.) now lives in Mandideep (M.P), Qualification : Diploma in Mechanical Engineering. Married to Mrs. Renu Agrawal and we are having two kids Name Apurva and Aman, my daughter is elder and son is younger. Unfortunately for the reasons not known to me over the period of time my visual power diminished and now i am nearly 100% BLIND, suffering from disease of retinitis pigmentosa in the end I want to say that it is my request to all of you to ignore my small mistakes while writing this book as you know i am not able to see.
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