Add This to Your Checklist: Financial Planning for Indian Mothers

Add This to Your Checklist: Financial Planning for Indian Mothers

27 May 2025
Add This to Your Checklist: Financial Planning for Indian Mothers

You’ve probably got your financial checklist in order; your tax-saving investments, your emergency fund, maybe even a Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) or two for retirement.

But there’s one critical plan that often gets left out—your mother’s. Financial planning for mothers is often not on our checklist. While you’ve been building your life, she’s likely been your safety net—liquidating gold for your tuition, managing expenses with precision, and quietly putting your future first. Even without a formal income or a financial advisor, she’s been the CFO of your household all along.

And now, as you take control of your own finances, it’s time to ask: Does she have the same safety net she gave you?

Mothers as Silent Financial Architects

Indian mothers, many of them homemakers, have long prioritised their children’s futures with sharp financial instinct. Consider this:

  • According to the World Gold Council, Indian women collectively own approximately 24,000 tonnes of gold, accounting for about 11% of the world's total gold reserves in jewellery form.
  • However, historically, Indian women haven’t just seen this gold as jewellery—it’s a safety net for their family, often liquidated to fund education, weddings, or emergencies.
  • Studies link women’s gold ownership to greater decision-making power and better child outcomes, proving its strategic value.
  • In Tamil Nadu, 48.1% of women save for their children's education, and 24.5% for their marriages.
  • In West Bengal, the numbers are 33.7% and 10.7% respectively.

Behind every degree, every milestone, every dream funded, there’s often a mother’s foresight, her savings, or her gold loan. She may not call it financial planning. But that’s exactly what it is.

From Recognition to Real Empowerment: What Your Mother Needs Now

She may have spent decades saving for your dreams, but she may never have built any for herself.

This isn’t about repaying her. It’s about supporting her, the way she once supported you—not with occasional gestures or gifts, but with structured financial tools that prioritise her safety, comfort, and independence.

Add Your Mother to Your Financial Plan: 7 Smart Financial Moves

Here are some thoughtful, long-term ways to support your mother financially—not as a favour or gift, but as part of your larger financial plan.

Go for Sovereign Gold Bonds(SGBs)

If your mother loves gold, consider switching from physical gold to Sovereign Gold Bonds—a smarter, safer investment option.

Why it Works

  • Backed by the Government of India
  • Earns 2.5% annual interest, paid every six months
  • No making charges or storage worries
  • Capital gains on maturity are tax-free if held till the 8-year term

How to Buy: Can be purchased online via banks, brokers, or RBI-authorised portals during specific issue windows.

Emotional Value: You’re still honouring tradition—but with a financial twist that makes her gold work for her.

Set Up a Goal-Based Systematic Investment Plan (SIP)

An SIP is one of the simplest ways to build long-term wealth. You can start small, with just ₹500–₹1,000/month, and choose funds aligned with her needs.

What kind of mutual funds to choose to begin an SIP in?

For conservative profiles

For balanced growth

  • Hybrid or balanced advantage funds
  • Mix of equity and debt for steady growth

For long-term compounding (if she’s younger or open to higher risk)

Set up SIPs for your mother with a clear goal in mind—a dream trip, emergency buffer, or monthly income stream for later years.

Buy or Upgrade Her Health Insurance

Health emergencies are financially draining and many older Indian women don’t have comprehensive coverage.

What to look for

  • Sum Insured: ₹5-10 lakh minimum, depending on age and health conditions
  • Entry Age: Choose policies with lifetime renewability
  • Pre-Existing Conditions: Check waiting period clauses (ideally equal to or less than 2 years)
  • Add-Ons: Consider riders like critical illness cover or hospital cash benefit
  • Insurer Reputation: Opt for high claim-settlement ratios and smooth cashless networks

This isn’t just a policy; it’s a safety net, so she never has to worry about being a burden.

Help Her Go Digital, One Step at a Time

Financial empowerment also means visibility. Even small digital interventions can give her more control over her financial planning.

Where to Begin

  • Download her bank’s mobile app
  • Set up UPI (PhonePe, Paytm, GPay) for basic transfers
  • Link Aadhaar, PAN, and nominee details to all her accounts
  • Enable SMS/email alerts for transactions
  • Introduce her to mobile apps of reputed financial publications and brokers for simple economic news and portfolio views

Bonus: If she’s open to it, create a shared family finance folder (Google Drive or physical) with her key documents and investment summaries.

Introduce Her to Financial Literacy Tools

She may not ask for it, but offering learning resources is a sign of trust and belief in her capability.

What You Can Do

  • Enrol her in a basic investing or money management webinar where she can start with the basics of financial planning
  • Gift her a financial planning/literacy book
  • Watch reputed financial planning YouTube channels together

Why it Matters: Women who understand finance make better long-term decisions, especially when it comes to health, inheritance, and budgeting.

Create an Emergency Fund in Her Name

One of the most overlooked but vital steps in financial planning is having liquid, easily accessible funds for emergencies. Even a small buffer of ₹25,000-₹50,000 can offer immense emotional relief.

How to Set it Up

  • Open a separate savings account or invest in a liquid mutual fund in her name
  • Use sweep-in Fixed Deposit (FD) options for idle savings
  • Ensure she knows how to access the money without relying on you

Why it Matters: It’s not just about money; it’s about giving her the freedom to handle the unexpected without hesitation or help.

Review and Consolidate Her Existing Financial Assets

Many mothers have scattered savings—old FDs, post office accounts, gold kept aside, or insurance policies with forgotten maturity dates.

What to Do

  • Sit with her and list down all her accounts, investments, and insurance documents
  • Check nominee details, Aadhaar linking, and account activity
  • Help her consolidate or reinvest dormant funds
  • Identify unclaimed assets like old dividends, PPF accounts, or EPF balances

Bonus: Use this opportunity to start an open conversation about will-writing, inheritance, and nomination clarity—subjects that are often avoided but deeply important.

Financial Planning for Indian Mothers summed up below

  • Consider Sovereign Gold Bonds(SGBs)
  • Set Up a Goal-Based Systematic Investment Plan (SIP)
  • Buy or Upgrade Her Health Insurance
  • Help Her Go Digital, One Step at a Time
  • Introduce Her to Financial Literacy Tools
  • Create an Emergency Fund in Her Name
  • Review and Consolidate Her Existing Financial Assets

Your Financial Planning Isn’t Complete Without Her and Her Financial Planning starts with you!

For years, your mother’s financial decisions have revolved around you. Her dreams took a backseat so yours could take flight. Her savings became your tuition. Her gold became your safety net. She may never have asked for anything in return but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t deserve it.

So as you review your financial goals this year—don’t just focus on growing your own net worth. Make room for the woman who always made room for your future.

Start small, start today: An SIP. A health insurance policy. A safety net.

Because when your mother’s portfolio finally reflects the care she once reserved for you, her happiness won’t just be emotional, it’ll be compounding.

Take the first step

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