Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund Direct Growth

Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund Direct Growth

Equity
Thematic
Very High Risk
1M
6M
1Y
All
NAV: 19 Jan '26
₹11.11
Min. SIP amount
₹500
Fund size
₹774.86 Cr
Expense ratio
0.33%

Return calculator

Monthly SIP
One time
Monthly investment
₹5,000
Over the pastTotal investmentWould've becomeHistoric returnsReturns
1 year₹60,000₹63,767
+6.28%

Holdings (18)

NameSectorInstrumentsAssets
Bharat Electronics Ltd.Capital GoodsEquity20.15%
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.Capital GoodsEquity20.00%
Bharat Forge Ltd.AutomobileEquity14.08%
Solar Industries India Ltd.ChemicalsEquity10.72%
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd.Capital GoodsEquity6.80%
Cochin Shipyard Ltd.Capital GoodsEquity4.93%
Bharat Dynamics Ltd.Capital GoodsEquity4.86%
Astra Microwave Products Ltd.CommunicationEquity2.98%
Data Patterns (India) Ltd.Capital GoodsEquity2.79%
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd.Capital GoodsEquity2.57%
BEML Ltd.Capital GoodsEquity2.55%
Zen Technologies Ltd.TechnologyEquity2.27%
MTAR Technologies Ltd.Capital GoodsEquity1.84%
Dynamatic Technologies Ltd.AutomobileEquity1.32%
Paras Defence And Space Technologies Ltd.Capital GoodsEquity0.87%
Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd.Metals & MiningEquity0.60%
Cyient DLM Ltd.Capital GoodsEquity0.57%
Unimech Aerospace And Manufacturing Ltd.Capital GoodsEquity0.21%
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Minimum investments

Min. for 1st investment
₹500
Min. for 2nd investment
₹500
Min. for SIP
₹500

Returns and rankings

Annualised returns
Absolute returns
Name3M6M1YAll
Fund returns-4.0%-7.7%+25.0%+11.4%
Category average (Equity Thematic)----+1.7%--
Rank (Equity Thematic)44392--

Exit load, stamp duty and tax

Exit load

Exit load of 0.05%, if redeemed within 30 days.

Stamp duty on investment: 0.005% (from July 1st, 2020)

from July 1st 2020

Tax implication

If you redeem within one year, returns are taxed at 20%. If you redeem after one year, returns exceeding Rs 1.25 lakh in a financial year are taxed at 12.5%.
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About Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund Direct Growth

Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund Direct Growth is a Equity Mutual Fund Scheme launched by Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund. This scheme was made available to investors on 23 Dec 1994. Priya Sridhar is the Current Fund Manager of Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund Direct Growth fund. The fund currently has an Asset Under Management(AUM) of ₹4,30,736 Cr and the Latest NAV as of 19 Jan 2026 is ₹11.11. The Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund Direct Growth is rated Very High risk. Minimum SIP Investment is set to ₹500. Minimum Lumpsum Investment is ₹500. Exit load of 0.05%, if redeemed within 30 days. ;

Investment Objective

The scheme seeks to provide returns that, before expenses, correspond to the total returns of securities as represented by the Nifty India Defence Total Return Index, subject to tracking errors.
Fund benchmarkNifty India Defence Total Return Index

Fund house

Rank (total assets)#4 in India
Total AUM₹4,30,735.61 Cr
Date of Incorporation23 Dec 1994
Launch Date23 Dec 1994
AddressOne World Center, Tower 1, 17th Floor, Jupiter Mill CompoundSenapati Bapat Marg, Elphinstone Road Mumbai 400013
CustodianNA
Registrar & Transfer AgentCams
Address7th Floor, Tower II, Rayala Towers, 158, Anna Salai,