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HDFC Defence Fund Direct Growth

Equity
Thematic
Very High Risk
Launch date19 May 2023
Allotment date02 Jun 2023
End date30 May 2023
NAV₹10.00

Expense ratio, exit load and tax

Expense ratio: 0.81%

Inclusive of GST

Exit load

Exit load of 1%, if redeemed within 1 year.

Stamp duty

0.005% (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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Minimum investment amounts

Min. for 1st investmentNot Supported
Min. for 2nd investment onwardsNot Supported
Min. for SIPNot Supported

Fund management

Rahul Baijal
Apr 2025 - Present
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Education
Mr. Baijal has done PGDM(MBA) from IIM Calcutta and is an engineering graduate of Delhi college of Engineering
Experience
Prior to joining HDFC Mutual Fund, he has worked with Sundaram Mutual Fund, Bharti AXA Life Insurance, TVF Capital, HSBC Securities, Credit Suisse Securities & Standard Chartered Bank.
Also manages these schemes
Sundaram Hybrid Fund Series N Direct Growth
Sundaram Capital Protection Oriented Fund 5Years Series 8 Direct Growth
HDFC Business Cycle Fund Direct Growth
HDFC MNC Fund Direct Growth
Sundaram Balanced Advantage Fund(Ex) Direct Growth
Sundaram Equity Hybrid Fund Direct Growth
HDFC Large Cap Fund Direct Growth
Sundaram Select Focus Fund Direct Growth
HDFC Defence Fund Direct Growth
Sundaram Multi Asset Fund Direct Growth

Priya Ranjan
Apr 2025 - Present
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Fund house & investment objective

Rank (total assets)#2 in India
Total AUM₹9,39,181.92Cr
Date of Incorporation10 Dec 1999

HDFC Defence Fund Direct Growth is a Equity Mutual Fund Scheme launched by HDFC Mutual Fund. This scheme was made available to investors on 10 Dec 1999. Dhruv Muchhal is the Current Fund Manager of HDFC Defence Fund Direct Growth fund. The fund currently has an Asset Under Management(AUM) of ₹9,39,182 Cr and the Latest NAV as of 12 Dec 2025 is ₹23.43. The HDFC Defence Fund Direct Growth is rated Very High risk. Minimum SIP Investment is set to ₹100. Exit load of 1%, if redeemed within 1 year. ;

Investment Objective

The scheme seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by investing predominantly in equity and equity related securities of Defence & allied sector companies. ;

Fund benchmarkNifty India Defence Total Return Index
Scheme Information Document(SID)

Fund house contact details

Address
"HDFC House", 2nd Floor, H. T. Parekh Marg, 165-166, BackbayReclamation, Churchgate Mumbai 400020
Phone
022 – 66316333
Launch Date
10 Dec 1999
E-mail
[email protected]
Website
www.hdfcfund.com
Vaishnavi Tech Park, South Tower, 3rd FloorSarjapur Main Road, Bellandur, Bengaluru – 560103Karnataka
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