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				<title>Gauge your financial health with this free tool!</title>
				<link>https://freefincal.com/gauge-your-financial-health-with-this-free-tool/</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
								<dc:creator><![CDATA[M. Pattabiraman]]></dc:creator>				<guid isPermaLink="false">https://freefincal.com/?p=235114</guid>
					<description><![CDATA[Use this financial health check tool to gauge the strength of your finances. This tool...]]></description>

				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img src="https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-of-Financial-Health-Check-Tool-at-the-Sebi-Investor-Education-Portal.jpg" class="type:primaryImage" /></figure><p>Use this financial health check tool to gauge the strength of your finances. This <a href="https://investor.sebi.gov.in/financial_health_check.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tool was added to the SEBI investor education portal</a> in Oct 2023.</p>
<p>Readers may recall that <a href="https://freefincal.com/sebi-adds-nine-freefincal-calculators-to-its-investor-education-website/">nine freefincal calculators are already part of the SEBI investor education website</a>. Since then, video tutorials by <a href="https://freefincal.com/pattabiraman/">M. Pattabiraman</a> for a few calculators have also been uploaded. All the calculators can be found here: <a href="https://investor.sebi.gov.in/calculators/index.html">https://investor.sebi.gov.in/calculators/index.html</a>.</p>
<p>We recommend using the <a href="https://investor.sebi.gov.in/financial_health_check.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">financial health check tool</a> on a desktop or a laptop. On mobile, you may have to scroll right to see the buttons as the page is not yet responsive (feedback sent to the SEBI team). This <a href="https://tally.so/r/wM1p8A" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tally version may be easier to use on mobile</a>. (Screenshots from the SEBI website are as on Dec 2024 and may have changed when you read this).</p>
<figure id="attachment_147850" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-147850"  class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-of-Financial-Health-Check-Tool-at-the-Sebi-Investor-Education-Portal.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-147850" title="Screenshot of Financial Health Check Tool at the Sebi Investor Education Portal" src="https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-of-Financial-Health-Check-Tool-at-the-Sebi-Investor-Education-Portal.jpg" alt="Screenshot of Financial Health Check Tool at the Sebi Investor Education Portal" width="1280" height="720" srcset="https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-of-Financial-Health-Check-Tool-at-the-Sebi-Investor-Education-Portal.jpg 1280w, https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-of-Financial-Health-Check-Tool-at-the-Sebi-Investor-Education-Portal-300x169.jpg 300w, https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-of-Financial-Health-Check-Tool-at-the-Sebi-Investor-Education-Portal-644x362.jpg 644w, https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-of-Financial-Health-Check-Tool-at-the-Sebi-Investor-Education-Portal-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-147850" class="wp-caption-text">Screenshot of Financial Health Check Tool at the Sebi Investor Education Portal</figcaption></figure>
<p>This is a screenshot of Financial Tools and Calculators at the Sebi Investor Education Portal. Nice of the tools first developed for the CNBC TV-18 book, <em><a href="https://play.google.com/store/books/details/M_Pattabiraman_You_Can_Be_Rich_Too_With_Goal_Based?id=6MhwEAAAQBAJ">You Can Be Rich Too With Goal-Based Investing</a>,</em> written by P. V Subramanyam and M. Pattabiramam. The tools can also be accessed here: <a href="https://freefincal.com/goalbasedinvesting/">freefincal.com/goalbasedinvesting</a></p>
<figure id="attachment_147849" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-147849"  class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-of-Financial-Tools-and-Calculators-at-the-Sebi-Investor-Education-Portal.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-147849" title="Screenshot of Financial Tools and Calculators at the Sebi Investor Education Portal" src="https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-of-Financial-Tools-and-Calculators-at-the-Sebi-Investor-Education-Portal.jpg" alt="Screenshot of Financial Tools and Calculators at the Sebi Investor Education Portal" width="1280" height="867" srcset="https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-of-Financial-Tools-and-Calculators-at-the-Sebi-Investor-Education-Portal.jpg 1280w, https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-of-Financial-Tools-and-Calculators-at-the-Sebi-Investor-Education-Portal-300x203.jpg 300w, https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-of-Financial-Tools-and-Calculators-at-the-Sebi-Investor-Education-Portal-644x436.jpg 644w, https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-of-Financial-Tools-and-Calculators-at-the-Sebi-Investor-Education-Portal-768x520.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-147849" class="wp-caption-text">Screenshot of Financial Tools and Calculators at the Sebi Investor Education Portal</figcaption></figure>
<p>The financial health check asks questions like:</p>
<ul>
<li>Do you have anyone who depends on you financially?</li>
<li>Do you have life insurance cover for at least 15 to 20 times your annual income?</li>
<li>Do you have health insurance for yourself and all your dependents (if applicable)?</li>
<li>How well are you aware of the features, terms and conditions of your health insurance cover?</li>
<li>How well can you handle sudden, unexpected expenses?</li>
<li>If you have a credit card do you manage to pay the bill in full before the due date each month?</li>
<li>Do you have any personal loans or any unsecured loans?</li>
<li>Is the total EMI you pay towards the home loan, car loan, personal loan etc., greater than 40% of your monthly take-home pay?</li>
<li>Do you create a budget for your income?</li>
<li>Have you calculated the corpus needed for you to retire comfortably?</li>
<li>Are you investing enough for retirement?</li>
<li>Have you shared the details of your investments with your spouse/children/or other dependents (as applicable/relevant)?</li>
<li>Have you added nomination details to all your investments?</li>
<li>Have you made a will?</li>
</ul>
<p>The tool offers a suggestion immediately after the user completes each question, like the one below.</p>
<figure id="attachment_147859" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-147859"  class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-of-financial-health-check-tool-result-for-life-insurance.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-147859" title="Screenshot of financial health check tool result for life insurance" src="https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-of-financial-health-check-tool-result-for-life-insurance.jpg" alt="Screenshot of financial health check tool result for life insurance" width="1200" height="542" srcset="https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-of-financial-health-check-tool-result-for-life-insurance.jpg 1200w, https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-of-financial-health-check-tool-result-for-life-insurance-300x136.jpg 300w, https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-of-financial-health-check-tool-result-for-life-insurance-644x291.jpg 644w, https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-of-financial-health-check-tool-result-for-life-insurance-768x347.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-147859" class="wp-caption-text">Screenshot of financial health check tool result for life insurance</figcaption></figure>
<p>A consolidated report such as this is presented to the user at the end of the questionnaire.</p>
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<h2>Financial Health Check Report (Sample)</h2>
<div><strong>Areas Of Concern</strong></div>
<ul>
<li id="rep_subdata"><i class="fa fa-times blink_red" aria-hidden="true"></i>As you don’t have any health insurance, it is recommended to purchase a personal health insurance policy for at least Rs. 5 lakhs to 50% of your annual income (which is the higher)</li>
<li> As you are not able to handle sudden, unexpected expenses, it is recommended for you to build an emergency fund over the next few months from which you can withdraw immediately (e.g. a savings bank account other than your salary account or main account). The emergency fund should at least be six times your monthly expenses.</li>
<li> As you don’t have a budget, it is recommended that you set a budget for income and expenditure each month. You can allocate a maximum target amount that can be spent for different ‘needs’ and ‘wants’. The goal is to not exceed the amount set as a target for &#8216;wants&#8217;.</li>
<li> As you have not calculated the corpus needed for you to retire comfortably, you may use the <a href="https://investor.sebi.gov.in/calculators/financial_goal_planner.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">financial goal planner available on SEBI Investor Website</a> to plan for your retirement and other financial goals. Delaying this exercise can be quite expensive as the total investment amount increases by 10-12% for each year of delay.</li>
<li>As you haven’t shared the details of your investments with your spouse/children/or other dependents, it is recommended to discuss your investments with them so that they do not suffer in case you are incapacitated / unable to manage your money</li>
<li>As you haven’t added nomination details to all your investments, it is recommended you do this immediately! This is a crucial step to ensure your loved ones have easy access to your investments in the event of your demise.<br />
<i class="fa fa-times blink_red" aria-hidden="true"></i> A nomination alone is not enough to ensure your assets are distributed to your kin as per your wishes. The provisions of a Will prevail over the nomination. Therefore, it is recommended to create a Will and ensure that beneficiaries in the Will are also the nominees (when possible) for smooth disbursement of the amount.</li>
</ul>
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<div><strong>Areas Displaying Good Financial Health</strong></div>
<ul>
<li id="rep_subdata"><i class="fa fa-check blink_green" aria-hidden="true"></i>It is Great that you have life insurance coverage for at least 15 to 20 times your annual income. Life insurance is a key component of financial security.<br />
<i class="fa fa-check blink_green" aria-hidden="true"></i> It is Fantastic that you manage to pay your credit card bill in full before the due date each month.</li>
<li> It is Fantastic that you have no personal/unsecured loans.</li>
<li> It is Great that your total EMI towards the home loan, car loan, personal loan etc., is less than 40% of your monthly take-home pay. It is recommended that you continue to keep debt as low as possible as it is the first step towards building wealth.</li>
<li> It is great that you have invested enough for your financial independence after retirement.</li>
</ul>
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<p><strong>Do give the tool a try.</strong></p>
<p>The post <a href="https://freefincal.com/gauge-your-financial-health-with-this-free-tool/">Gauge your financial health with this free tool!</a> appeared first on <a href="https://freefincal.com">freefincal</a>.</p>
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