New Delhi, Oct. 30 -- For decades, retirement occupied a quiet corner of India's financial imagination. Important, certainly. Urgent, rarely. It was a goal reserved for a future version of ourselves, something to think about after careers were built, children were raised, home loans were repaid, and life's major responsibilities had been addressed.

Today, Indian women are dismantling that script.

The latest findings from Axis Max Life's Bharosa Talks India Retirement Index Study (IRIS 6.0), conducted in partnership with Kantar, reveal a significant shift in how women are thinking about money, long-term planning, and financial independence. Nearly 71% of women surveyed have already started investing for retirement, up from 65% in the pre...