Average of the yearly returns of a mutual fund over a given period.
Absolute returns
The total return of a mutual fund over a given period.
Returns and rankings
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Understand terms
Expense ratio
A fee payable to a mutual fund house for managing your mutual fund investments. It is the total percentage of a company's fund assets used for administrative, management, advertising, and other expenses.
Tax
A percentage of your capital gains payable to the government upon exiting your mutual fund investments. Taxation is categorized as long-term capital gains (LTCG) and short-term capital gains (STCG) depending on your holding period and the type of fund.
Exit load
A fee payable to a mutual fund house for exiting a fund (fully or partially) before the completion of a specified period from the date of investment.
Stamp duty
A form of tax payable for the purchase or sale of an asset or security.
Exit Load
10 Apr 2026
Exit load of 0.25%, if redeemed within 15 days.
Exit load, stamp duty and tax
Exit load
Exit load of 0.25%, if redeemed within 15 days.
Stamp duty on investment: 0.005% (from July 1st, 2020)
from July 1st 2020
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Fund management
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Rohit Gautam
Apr 2026 - Present
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Education
B.Tech. from IIT Bombay, PGDM from IIM Ahmedabad
Experience
Prior to joining the Axis MF, he was associated with IndiaFirst Life Insurance, Shriram AMC, Greater Pacific Capital.
Mr. Mallik holds B.Tech degree and has also done PGDM (IIM Calcutta) and MS- Finance (London Business School).
Experience
Prior to joining the Axis MF, he was working with Avendus Capital Public Markets Alternate Strategies LLP, ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Ltd, Edelweiss AMC, DC India Capital, Credit-Suisse (London), BNP Paribas (London), NM Rothschild (Mumbai) and Fair Isaac (Bangalore).
About Axis Nifty India Defence Index Fund Direct Growth
Axis Nifty India Defence Index Fund Direct Growth is a Equity Mutual Fund Scheme launched by Axis Mutual Fund. This scheme was made available to investors on 04 Sep 2009. Rohit Gautam is the Current Fund Manager of Axis Nifty India Defence Index Fund Direct Growth fund. The fund currently has an Asset Under Management(AUM) of ₹3,16,229 Cr and the Latest NAV as of 10 Apr 2026 is ₹10.00.
The Axis Nifty India Defence Index Fund Direct Growth is rated -- risk. Minimum SIP Investment is set to ₹100. Exit load of 0.25%, if redeemed within 15 days.
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Investment Objective
The scheme seeks to provide returns before expenses that correspond to the performance of Nifty India Defence TRI subject to tracking error. There is no assurance that the investment objective of the scheme will be achieved.
Fund benchmarkNifty India Defence Total Return Index