Is PPF a good retirement fund?

[Raja]

Is PPF a good retirement fund? As its safe in Govt. Hand and give compound return of 8.5% every year.

[Rahul]

Its good to keep some money safe but I keep only 10% of my money in PPF, because the return is normally equals to inflation. So you won't get anything. Go for MF and large cap Shares for long term.

[Natraj]

Is PPF a good retirement fund? As its safe in Govt. Hand and give compound return of 8.5% every year.
Keep some amount of money in PPF. Its good because the partial withdrawal is after 5 years and it mature after 15 years and you can still continue after 15 years.

[Raja]

Thanks all. And Happy Diwali to you all.