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Best elss Funds or Equity Linked Savings Schemes are equity diversified Mutual Funds that majorly invest in equity-linked instruments (like shares and stocks) to provide Market-linked returns. Typically, 80% of the fund corpus is invested in equity and the remaining in debt instruments. Best ELSS funds are also known as the tax saving Mutual Funds as they offer tax benefits under Section 80C of the income tax Act. Moreover, the ELSS Mutual Funds are open-ended & offer 2 modes of investments
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To provide medium to long term capital gains along with income tax relief to its Unitholders, while at all times emphasising the importance of capital appreciation.. Tata India Tax Savings Fund is a Equity - ELSS fund was launched on 13 Oct 14. It is a fund with Moderately High risk and has given a Below is the key information for Tata India Tax Savings Fund Returns up to 1 year are on The investment objective of the Scheme is to seek to generate long term capital growth from a diversified portfolio of predominantly equity and equity related securities. There can be no assurance that the investment objective of the scheme will be realised. IDFC Tax Advantage (ELSS) Fund is a Equity - ELSS fund was launched on 26 Dec 08. It is a fund with Moderately High risk and has given a Below is the key information for IDFC Tax Advantage (ELSS) Fund Returns up to 1 year are on The primary investment objective of the Scheme is to seek to generate medium to long-term capital appreciation from a diversified portfolio that is substantially constituted of equity and equity related securities of corporates, and to enable investors to avail of a deduction from total income, as permitted under the Income Tax Act, 1961 from time to time. DSP BlackRock Tax Saver Fund is a Equity - ELSS fund was launched on 18 Jan 07. It is a fund with Moderately High risk and has given a Below is the key information for DSP BlackRock Tax Saver Fund Returns up to 1 year are on To generate long-term capital growth from a diversified portfolio of predominantly equity and equity-related securities. L&T Tax Advantage Fund is a Equity - ELSS fund was launched on 27 Feb 06. It is a fund with Moderately High risk and has given a Below is the key information for L&T Tax Advantage Fund Returns up to 1 year are on An Open-ended equity linked savings scheme (ELSS) with the objective of long term growth of capital through a portfolio with a target allocation of 80% equity,
20% debt and money market securities Aditya Birla Sun Life Tax Relief '96 is a Equity - ELSS fund was launched on 6 Mar 08. It is a fund with Moderately High risk and has given a Below is the key information for Aditya Birla Sun Life Tax Relief '96 Returns up to 1 year are on 1. Tata India Tax Savings Fund
CAGR/Annualized
return of 16.2% since its launch. Ranked 1 in ELSS
category. Return for 2023 was 24% , 2022 was 5.9% and 2021 was 30.4% . Tata India Tax Savings Fund
Growth Launch Date 13 Oct 14 NAV (26 Jul 24) ₹44.0324 ↑ 0.66 (1.53 %) Net Assets (Cr) ₹4,551 on 30 Jun 24 Category Equity - ELSS AMC Tata Asset Management Limited Rating ☆☆☆☆☆ Risk Moderately High Expense Ratio 1.75 Sharpe Ratio 2.02 Information Ratio -0.01 Alpha Ratio -2.86 Min Investment 500 Min SIP Investment 500 Exit Load NIL Growth of 10,000 investment over the years.
Date Value 30 Jun 19 ₹10,000 30 Jun 20 ₹8,557 30 Jun 21 ₹13,163 30 Jun 22 ₹13,502 30 Jun 23 ₹16,652 30 Jun 24 ₹22,717 Returns for Tata India Tax Savings Fund
absolute basis
& more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate)
basis. as on 26 Jul 24 Duration Returns 1 Month 2% 3 Month 11.2% 6 Month 19.1% 1 Year 32.5% 3 Year 19.7% 5 Year 19.6% 10 Year 15 Year Since launch 16.2% Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis
Year Returns 2023 24% 2022 5.9% 2021 30.4% 2020 11.9% 2019 13.6% 2018 -8.4% 2017 46% 2016 2.1% 2015 13.3% 2014 Fund Manager information for Tata India Tax Savings Fund
Name Since Tenure Sailesh Jain 16 Dec 21 2.54 Yr. Tejas Gutka 9 Mar 21 3.31 Yr. Data below for Tata India Tax Savings Fund as on 30 Jun 24
Equity Sector Allocation
Sector Value Financial Services 30.65% Industrials 15.68% Consumer Cyclical 15.24% Basic Materials 7.53% Technology 7.28% Energy 5.53% Communication Services 4.59% Utility 3.47% Health Care 2.89% Real Estate 2.86% Consumer Defensive 1.81% Asset Allocation
Asset Class Value Cash 2.48% Equity 97.52% Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio
Name Holding Value Quantity HDFC Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 28 Feb 10 | HDFCBANK6% ₹290 Cr 1,725,000 ICICI Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 30 Nov 16 | ICICIBANK6% ₹255 Cr 2,125,000 Reliance Industries Ltd (Energy)
Equity, Since 31 Jan 18 | RELIANCE5% ₹211 Cr 675,000 State Bank of India (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 30 Nov 18 | SBIN4% ₹185 Cr 2,175,000 Infosys Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 30 Sep 18 | INFY4% ₹182 Cr 1,160,000 Axis Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 Aug 18 | AXISBANK4% ₹164 Cr 1,300,000 Bharti Airtel Ltd (Communication Services)
Equity, Since 30 Sep 19 | BHARTIARTL3% ₹136 Cr 940,000 NTPC Ltd (Utilities)
Equity, Since 30 Jun 21 | NTPC3% ₹131 Cr 3,451,000 Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd (Consumer Cyclical)
Equity, Since 30 Nov 22 | MOTHERSON3% ₹129 Cr 6,800,000 Larsen & Toubro Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 30 Nov 16 | LT3% ₹125 Cr 352,147 2. IDFC Tax Advantage (ELSS) Fund
CAGR/Annualized
return of 19.2% since its launch. Ranked 3 in ELSS
category. Return for 2023 was 28.3% , 2022 was 4.2% and 2021 was 49.2% . IDFC Tax Advantage (ELSS) Fund
Growth Launch Date 26 Dec 08 NAV (26 Jul 24) ₹155.626 ↑ 2.22 (1.45 %) Net Assets (Cr) ₹6,856 on 30 Jun 24 Category Equity - ELSS AMC IDFC Asset Management Company Limited Rating ☆☆☆☆☆ Risk Moderately High Expense Ratio 1.95 Sharpe Ratio 2.25 Information Ratio 0.09 Alpha Ratio 0.41 Min Investment 500 Min SIP Investment 500 Exit Load NIL Growth of 10,000 investment over the years.
Date Value 30 Jun 19 ₹10,000 30 Jun 20 ₹8,220 30 Jun 21 ₹15,067 30 Jun 22 ₹15,376 30 Jun 23 ₹19,621 30 Jun 24 ₹26,285 Returns for IDFC Tax Advantage (ELSS) Fund
absolute basis
& more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate)
basis. as on 26 Jul 24 Duration Returns 1 Month 3% 3 Month 9.2% 6 Month 17.2% 1 Year 32.4% 3 Year 20.4% 5 Year 23.8% 10 Year 15 Year Since launch 19.2% Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis
Year Returns 2023 28.3% 2022 4.2% 2021 49.2% 2020 18.7% 2019 1.9% 2018 -9.4% 2017 53.4% 2016 0.4% 2015 6.9% 2014 42.2% Fund Manager information for IDFC Tax Advantage (ELSS) Fund
Name Since Tenure Daylynn Pinto 20 Oct 16 7.7 Yr. Ritika Behera 7 Oct 23 0.73 Yr. Data below for IDFC Tax Advantage (ELSS) Fund as on 30 Jun 24
Equity Sector Allocation
Sector Value Financial Services 26.78% Consumer Cyclical 11.76% Industrials 10.81% Technology 9.32% Health Care 8.61% Basic Materials 8.17% Consumer Defensive 7.93% Energy 6.28% Communication Services 3.22% Utility 3.03% Real Estate 1.58% Asset Allocation
Asset Class Value Cash 2.5% Equity 97.5% Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio
Name Holding Value Quantity HDFC Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 30 Sep 14 | HDFCBANK6% ₹404 Cr 2,400,000
↑ 50,000 Reliance Industries Ltd (Energy)
Equity, Since 31 Jul 18 | RELIANCE5% ₹360 Cr 1,150,000
↑ 50,000 ICICI Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 May 16 | ICICIBANK5% ₹360 Cr 3,000,000 Axis Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 30 Apr 21 | AXISBANK4% ₹291 Cr 2,300,000 Infosys Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 31 Jul 15 | INFY3% ₹219 Cr 1,400,000 Bharti Airtel Ltd (Communication Services)
Equity, Since 31 Jan 20 | BHARTIARTL3% ₹173 Cr 1,200,000 Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (Basic Materials)
Equity, Since 31 Mar 18 | JINDALSTEL2% ₹157 Cr 1,500,000 NTPC Ltd (Utilities)
Equity, Since 30 Sep 22 | NTPC2% ₹151 Cr 4,000,000 CG Power & Industrial Solutions Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 Aug 17 | CGPOWER2% ₹148 Cr 2,100,000
↓ -100,000 Cipla Ltd (Healthcare)
Equity, Since 30 Sep 20 | CIPLA2% ₹133 Cr 900,000 3. DSP BlackRock Tax Saver Fund
CAGR/Annualized
return of 16.1% since its launch. Ranked 12 in ELSS
category. Return for 2023 was 30% , 2022 was 4.5% and 2021 was 35.1% . DSP BlackRock Tax Saver Fund
Growth Launch Date 18 Jan 07 NAV (26 Jul 24) ₹138.15 ↑ 2.17 (1.60 %) Net Assets (Cr) ₹16,284 on 30 Jun 24 Category Equity - ELSS AMC DSP BlackRock Invmt Managers Pvt. Ltd. Rating ☆☆☆☆ Risk Moderately High Expense Ratio 1.78 Sharpe Ratio 2.58 Information Ratio 0.28 Alpha Ratio 4.21 Min Investment 500 Min SIP Investment 500 Exit Load NIL Growth of 10,000 investment over the years.
Date Value 30 Jun 19 ₹10,000 30 Jun 20 ₹9,135 30 Jun 21 ₹15,068 30 Jun 22 ₹14,887 30 Jun 23 ₹18,323 30 Jun 24 ₹26,824 Returns for DSP BlackRock Tax Saver Fund
absolute basis
& more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate)
basis. as on 26 Jul 24 Duration Returns 1 Month 4.3% 3 Month 15.4% 6 Month 25.1% 1 Year 46.4% 3 Year 21.3% 5 Year 23.7% 10 Year 15 Year Since launch 16.1% Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis
Year Returns 2023 30% 2022 4.5% 2021 35.1% 2020 15% 2019 14.8% 2018 -7.6% 2017 36.3% 2016 11.3% 2015 4.4% 2014 52.2% Fund Manager information for DSP BlackRock Tax Saver Fund
Name Since Tenure Rohit Singhania 16 Jul 15 8.97 Yr. Charanjit Singh 1 May 23 1.17 Yr. Data below for DSP BlackRock Tax Saver Fund as on 30 Jun 24
Equity Sector Allocation
Sector Value Financial Services 34.3% Consumer Cyclical 12.81% Industrials 8.32% Basic Materials 8.31% Technology 8.14% Health Care 7.08% Consumer Defensive 5.43% Communication Services 4.88% Energy 4.67% Utility 3.89% Asset Allocation
Asset Class Value Cash 2.16% Equity 97.84% Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio
Name Holding Value Quantity HDFC Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 Jul 08 | HDFCBANK8% ₹1,333 Cr 7,919,371 ICICI Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 Oct 16 | ICICIBANK7% ₹1,126 Cr 9,383,047 Axis Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 30 Nov 18 | AXISBANK4% ₹597 Cr 4,716,056
↑ 327,407 State Bank of India (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 30 Jun 20 | SBIN4% ₹590 Cr 6,950,342
↓ -1,252,370 Infosys Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 31 Mar 12 | INFY3% ₹504 Cr 3,215,957
↑ 105,729 Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd (Consumer Cyclical)
Equity, Since 31 Dec 22 | MOTHERSON3% ₹445 Cr 23,360,667 Bharti Airtel Ltd (Communication Services)
Equity, Since 31 Jul 19 | BHARTIARTL3% ₹430 Cr 2,976,666
↑ 281,184 Power Finance Corp Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 Dec 22 | PFC3% ₹424 Cr 8,739,203
↓ -619,436 Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd (Consumer Cyclical)
Equity, Since 30 Nov 21 | M&M2% ₹371 Cr 1,294,144
↓ -334,230 NTPC Ltd (Utilities)
Equity, Since 31 Jan 19 | NTPC2% ₹337 Cr 8,907,565
↓ -1,074,270 4. L&T Tax Advantage Fund
CAGR/Annualized
return of 14.9% since its launch. Ranked 7 in ELSS
category. Return for 2023 was 28.4% , 2022 was -3% and 2021 was 30.3% . L&T Tax Advantage Fund
Growth Launch Date 27 Feb 06 NAV (26 Jul 24) ₹131.402 ↑ 2.25 (1.74 %) Net Assets (Cr) ₹4,257 on 30 Jun 24 Category Equity - ELSS AMC L&T Investment Management Ltd Rating ☆☆☆☆ Risk Moderately High Expense Ratio 1.98 Sharpe Ratio 2.67 Information Ratio 0.15 Alpha Ratio 6.79 Min Investment 500 Min SIP Investment 500 Exit Load NIL Growth of 10,000 investment over the years.
Date Value 30 Jun 19 ₹10,000 30 Jun 20 ₹8,729 30 Jun 21 ₹13,442 30 Jun 22 ₹12,685 30 Jun 23 ₹16,315 30 Jun 24 ₹23,717 Returns for L&T Tax Advantage Fund
absolute basis
& more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate)
basis. as on 26 Jul 24 Duration Returns 1 Month 1% 3 Month 13.2% 6 Month 25.3% 1 Year 44.6% 3 Year 20% 5 Year 20.2% 10 Year 15 Year Since launch 14.9% Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis
Year Returns 2023 28.4% 2022 -3% 2021 30.3% 2020 13.5% 2019 4.6% 2018 -8.1% 2017 42.3% 2016 8.1% 2015 2.9% 2014 44.8% Fund Manager information for L&T Tax Advantage Fund
Name Since Tenure Gautam Bhupal 26 Nov 22 1.6 Yr. Sonal Gupta 21 Jul 21 2.95 Yr. Abhishek Gupta 1 Mar 24 0.33 Yr. Data below for L&T Tax Advantage Fund as on 30 Jun 24
Equity Sector Allocation
Sector Value Financial Services 23.38% Industrials 22.31% Consumer Cyclical 16.44% Technology 10% Basic Materials 5.79% Energy 5.1% Health Care 4.49% Utility 3.81% Consumer Defensive 3.01% Real Estate 2.88% Communication Services 1.58% Asset Allocation
Asset Class Value Cash 1.19% Equity 98.81% Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio
Name Holding Value Quantity HDFC Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 Mar 06 | HDFCBANK5% ₹196 Cr 1,162,500 Reliance Industries Ltd (Energy)
Equity, Since 30 Nov 21 | RELIANCE4% ₹168 Cr 537,600 ICICI Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 30 Jun 09 | ICICIBANK3% ₹139 Cr 1,155,500 Larsen & Toubro Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 Jul 22 | LT3% ₹120 Cr 337,305
↓ -28,095 Persistent Systems Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 31 Jul 21 | PERSISTENT2% ₹99 Cr 233,900 Infosys Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 31 Mar 06 | INFY2% ₹97 Cr 622,100 Trent Ltd (Consumer Cyclical)
Equity, Since 30 Nov 23 | TRENT2% ₹97 Cr 177,820 CG Power & Industrial Solutions Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 30 Apr 22 | CGPOWER2% ₹93 Cr 1,320,583
↓ -128,717 KPIT Technologies Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 30 Sep 21 | KPITTECH2% ₹90 Cr 553,200
↓ -56,200 Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Co Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 Dec 21 | CHOLAFIN2% ₹87 Cr 612,000 5. Aditya Birla Sun Life Tax Relief '96
CAGR/Annualized
return of 11.4% since its launch. Ranked 4 in ELSS
category. Return for 2023 was 18.9% , 2022 was -1.4% and 2021 was 12.7% . Aditya Birla Sun Life Tax Relief '96
Growth Launch Date 6 Mar 08 NAV (26 Jul 24) ₹59.96 ↑ 0.92 (1.56 %) Net Assets (Cr) ₹16,320 on 30 Jun 24 Category Equity - ELSS AMC Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co Ltd Rating ☆☆☆☆ Risk Moderately High Expense Ratio 1.75 Sharpe Ratio 2.2 Information Ratio -1.94 Alpha Ratio -0.98 Min Investment 500 Min SIP Investment 500 Exit Load NIL Growth of 10,000 investment over the years.
Date Value 30 Jun 19 ₹10,000 30 Jun 20 ₹9,513 30 Jun 21 ₹12,885 30 Jun 22 ₹11,901 30 Jun 23 ₹13,875 30 Jun 24 ₹18,683 Returns for Aditya Birla Sun Life Tax Relief '96
absolute basis
& more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate)
basis. as on 26 Jul 24 Duration Returns 1 Month 2.7% 3 Month 12.1% 6 Month 20.3% 1 Year 33.8% 3 Year 13.2% 5 Year 15.1% 10 Year 15 Year Since launch 11.4% Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis
Year Returns 2023 18.9% 2022 -1.4% 2021 12.7% 2020 15.2% 2019 4.3% 2018 -4.5% 2017 43.2% 2016 3.4% 2015 9.2% 2014 54.6% Fund Manager information for Aditya Birla Sun Life Tax Relief '96
Name Since Tenure Atul Penkar 31 Dec 21 2.5 Yr. Dhaval Gala 1 Apr 22 2.25 Yr. Dhaval Joshi 21 Nov 22 1.61 Yr. Data below for Aditya Birla Sun Life Tax Relief '96 as on 30 Jun 24
Equity Sector Allocation
Sector Value Financial Services 26.46% Consumer Cyclical 18.71% Industrials 12.1% Energy 8.21% Basic Materials 7.93% Health Care 7.55% Technology 7.13% Consumer Defensive 5.39% Communication Services 3.56% Utility 1.31% Real Estate 0.86% Asset Allocation
Asset Class Value Cash 0.8% Equity 99.2% Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio
Name Holding Value Quantity ICICI Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 Oct 09 | ICICIBANK7% ₹1,096 Cr 9,137,798 Reliance Industries Ltd (Energy)
Equity, Since 30 Nov 21 | RELIANCE6% ₹958 Cr 3,060,213 HDFC Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 Jul 08 | HDFCBANK6% ₹929 Cr 5,515,495 Infosys Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 30 Jun 08 | INFY5% ₹839 Cr 5,356,429
↑ 400,000 Larsen & Toubro Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 30 Jun 08 | LT5% ₹744 Cr 2,095,752 Bharti Airtel Ltd (Communication Services)
Equity, Since 31 Dec 22 | BHARTIARTL4% ₹581 Cr 4,023,420 Honeywell Automation India Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 30 Jun 08 | HONAUT3% ₹528 Cr 93,089
↓ -5,315 Axis Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 30 Jun 08 | AXISBANK3% ₹429 Cr 3,388,737 TVS Holdings Ltd (Consumer Cyclical)
Equity, Since 31 Aug 23 | TVSHLTD3% ₹428 Cr 322,882 State Bank of India (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 Jan 22 | SBIN3% ₹410 Cr 4,828,465
↑ 500,000