PPF Calulator

Updated on July 13, 2026 , 16876 views

What is PPF?

Public Provident Fund (PPF), introduced in India in 1968 with the objective to mobilize small savings in the form of an investment, coupled with a return on it. It still remains a favourite savings avenue for many investors as the returns are tax free.It can also be called a savings-cum-tax savings investment vehicle that enables one to build a retirement corpus while saving on annual taxes. Therefore, anyone looking for a safe investment option to save taxes and earn guaranteed returns should open a PPF account.

PPF Calculator

Investment Amount:₹100,000

Interest Earned:₹139,127.17

Maturity Amount: ₹239,127.17

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Benefits of PPF

The risk factor in PPF investment is low as it is backed by the government.
A PPF account can be opened at nationalised banks, public banks, post offices and selective private banks, all of which have a wide reach.
Although the lock in period is 15 years for a PPF, there are provisions to either withdraw some money or take loans after 7 years. The returns from a PPF is more attractive compared to the Bank FDs.
PPF deposits fall under EEE (exempt-exempt-exempt) category. Which means, the principal invested, the interest earned and the proceeds received at maturity are all tax exempt. Amounts deposited in spouse’s or child’s PPF account are also tax exempt.

How is PPF interest calculated?

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The interest on PPF is compounded annually. The formula for this is: F = P[({(1+i)^n}-1)/i] Here, F = Maturity proceeds of the PPF P = Annual installments n = Number of years i = Rate of interest/100

Alternative Investment Options

Section 80-C provides PPF with EEE benefit (Exempt, Exempt, Exempt). This means that an investment up to Rs. 1.5 lakhs annually, the returns you earn and the corpus when the fund matures are all exempted from taxation. Now what can compare to this? Your answer is ELSS. Though ELSS has the lowest lock-in period, you can opt for this as a long-term investment (< 5 years). The longer you invest, more tax you will save not to mention earn inflation-beating returns.

Fund Selection Methodology used to find 2 funds

Category: Equity
AUM Range: 100 to 10000 Cr
Minimum fund age: 3 years
Sorted On : 5-year return (high to low)
No Of Funds: 2

Top Funds for 2026

*Best funds based on 5 year performance.

1. ICICI Prudential Infrastructure Fund

To generate capital appreciation and income distribution to unit holders by investing predominantly in equity/equity related securities of the companies belonging to the infrastructure development and balance in debt securities and money market instruments.

Research Highlights for ICICI Prudential Infrastructure Fund

Highest AUM (₹8,351 Cr).
Oldest track record among peers (20 yrs).
Top rated.
Risk profile: High.
5Y return: 23.34% (upper mid).
3Y return: 20.87% (bottom quartile).
1Y return: 2.54% (bottom quartile).
Alpha: 0.00 (bottom quartile).
Sharpe: 0.00 (bottom quartile).
Information ratio: 0.00 (upper mid).
Higher exposure to Industrials vs peer median.
Top bond sector: Cash Equivalent.
Equity-heavy allocation (~94%).
High-quality debt (AAA/AA ~100%).
Largest holding InterGlobe Aviation Ltd (~8.9%).

Below is the key information for ICICI Prudential Infrastructure Fund

ICICI Prudential Infrastructure Fund Growth
Launch Date	31 Aug 05
NAV (15 Jul 26)	₹204.32 ↑ 1.07 (0.53 %)
Net Assets (Cr)	₹8,351 on 31 May 26
Category	Equity - Sectoral
AMC	ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Limited
Rating	☆☆☆
Risk	High
Expense Ratio	1.89
Sharpe Ratio	0
Information Ratio	0
Alpha Ratio	0
Min Investment	5,000
Min SIP Investment	100
Exit Load	0-1 Years (1%),1 Years and above(NIL)

Growth of 10,000 investment over the years.

Date	Value
30 Jun 21	₹10,000
30 Jun 22	₹11,534
30 Jun 23	₹16,346
30 Jun 24	₹27,296
30 Jun 25	₹28,743
30 Jun 26	₹29,425

ICICI Prudential Infrastructure Fund SIP Returns

Total investment amount is ₹300,000
expected amount after 5 Years is ₹543,623.
Net Profit of ₹243,623 Invest Now

Returns for ICICI Prudential Infrastructure Fund

Returns up to 1 year are on absolute basis & more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) basis. as on 15 Jul 26

Duration	Returns
1 Month	1.6%
3 Month	3.8%
6 Month	5.4%
1 Year	2.5%
3 Year	20.9%
5 Year	23.3%
10 Year
15 Year
Since launch	15.6%

Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis

Year	Returns
2025	6.7%
2024	27.4%
2023	44.6%
2022	28.8%
2021	50.1%
2020	3.6%
2019	2.6%
2018	-14%
2017	40.8%
2016	2%

Fund Manager information for ICICI Prudential Infrastructure Fund

Name	Since	Tenure
Ihab Dalwai	3 Jun 17	9.08 Yr.
Sharmila D’mello	30 Jun 22	4.01 Yr.

Data below for ICICI Prudential Infrastructure Fund as on 31 May 26

Equity Sector Allocation

Sector	Value
Industrials	47.57%
Financial Services	10.57%
Utility	10.32%
Basic Materials	9.74%
Real Estate	8.09%
Energy	5.04%
Consumer Cyclical	1.98%
Communication Services	0.09%

Asset Allocation

Asset Class	Value
Cash	5.83%
Equity	94.17%

Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio

Name	Holding	Value	Quantity
InterGlobe Aviation Ltd (Industrials) Equity, Since 28 Feb 23 \| INDIGO	9%	₹745 Cr	1,691,985 ↑ 50,000
Larsen & Toubro Ltd (Industrials) Equity, Since 30 Nov 09 \| LT	7%	₹614 Cr	1,505,704
Oberoi Realty Ltd (Real Estate) Equity, Since 31 May 23 \| OBEROIRLTY	4%	₹365 Cr	2,139,426
Gujarat Energy Ltd (Utilities) Equity, Since 31 Jan 23 \| GUJGASLTD	4%	₹340 Cr	8,482,024 ↑ 156,557
NTPC Ltd (Utilities) Equity, Since 29 Feb 16 \| NTPC	4%	₹334 Cr	8,626,448
Shree Cement Ltd (Basic Materials) Equity, Since 30 Apr 24 \| SHREECEM	3%	₹270 Cr	106,892 ↑ 3,387
Kalpataru Projects International Ltd (Industrials) Equity, Since 30 Sep 06 \| KPIL	3%	₹262 Cr	2,005,608
AIA Engineering Ltd (Industrials) Equity, Since 28 Feb 21 \| AIAENG	3%	₹258 Cr	572,697
HDFC Bank Ltd (Financial Services) Equity, Since 31 Jan 22 \| HDFCBANK	3%	₹250 Cr	3,357,506 ↑ 1,057,506
Container Corporation of India Ltd (Industrials) Equity, Since 31 Jan 16 \| CONCOR	3%	₹227 Cr	4,885,153

2. SBI PSU Fund

The objective of the scheme would be to provide investors with opportunities for long-term growth in capital along with the liquidity of an open-ended scheme through an active management of investments in a diversified basket of equity stocks of domestic Public Sector Undertakings and in debt and money market instruments issued by PSUs AND others.

Research Highlights for SBI PSU Fund

Bottom quartile AUM (₹6,594 Cr).
Established history (16+ yrs).
Rating: 2★ (bottom quartile).
Risk profile: High.
5Y return: 23.12% (bottom quartile).
3Y return: 25.60% (upper mid).
1Y return: 6.60% (upper mid).
Alpha: 0.16 (upper mid).
Sharpe: 0.26 (upper mid).
Information ratio: -0.02 (bottom quartile).
Higher exposure to Financial Services vs peer median.
Top bond sector: Cash Equivalent.
Equity-heavy allocation (~97%).
High-quality debt (AAA/AA ~100%).
Largest holding State Bank of India (~16.9%).
Top-3 holdings concentration ~35.4%.

Below is the key information for SBI PSU Fund

SBI PSU Fund Growth
Launch Date	7 Jul 10
NAV (15 Jul 26)	₹34.4616 ↑ 0.11 (0.31 %)
Net Assets (Cr)	₹6,594 on 31 May 26
Category	Equity - Sectoral
AMC	SBI Funds Management Private Limited
Rating	☆☆
Risk	High
Expense Ratio	1.89
Sharpe Ratio	0.26
Information Ratio	-0.02
Alpha Ratio	0.16
Min Investment	5,000
Min SIP Investment	500
Exit Load	0-1 Years (1%),1 Years and above(NIL)

Growth of 10,000 investment over the years.

Date	Value
30 Jun 21	₹10,000
30 Jun 22	₹9,973
30 Jun 23	₹13,609
30 Jun 24	₹26,792
30 Jun 25	₹26,602
30 Jun 26	₹28,255

SBI PSU Fund SIP Returns

Total investment amount is ₹300,000
expected amount after 5 Years is ₹543,623.
Net Profit of ₹243,623 Invest Now

Returns for SBI PSU Fund

Returns up to 1 year are on absolute basis & more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) basis. as on 15 Jul 26

Duration	Returns
1 Month	-1.2%
3 Month	-3.5%
6 Month	0.6%
1 Year	6.6%
3 Year	25.6%
5 Year	23.1%
10 Year
15 Year
Since launch	8%

Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis

Year	Returns
2025	11.3%
2024	23.5%
2023	54%
2022	29%
2021	32.4%
2020	-10%
2019	6%
2018	-23.8%
2017	21.9%
2016	16.2%

Fund Manager information for SBI PSU Fund

Name	Since	Tenure
Rohit Shimpi	1 Jun 24	2.08 Yr.

Data below for SBI PSU Fund as on 31 May 26

Equity Sector Allocation

Sector	Value
Financial Services	32.54%
Utility	31.22%
Industrials	14.07%
Energy	11.97%
Basic Materials	6.94%

Asset Allocation

Asset Class	Value
Cash	3.18%
Equity	96.74%
Debt	0.07%

Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio

Name	Holding	Value	Quantity
State Bank of India (Financial Services) Equity, Since 31 Jul 10 \| SBIN	17%	₹1,112 Cr	11,527,500 ↑ 1,000,000
GAIL (India) Ltd (Utilities) Equity, Since 31 May 24 \| GAIL	10%	₹628 Cr	38,150,000
NTPC Ltd (Utilities) Equity, Since 31 Jul 10 \| NTPC	9%	₹597 Cr	15,443,244
Bharat Electronics Ltd (Industrials) Equity, Since 30 Jun 24 \| BEL	9%	₹583 Cr	14,185,000 ↑ 800,000
Power Grid Corp Of India Ltd (Utilities) Equity, Since 31 Jul 10 \| POWERGRID	9%	₹579 Cr	19,935,554
Oil & Natural Gas Corp Ltd (Energy) Equity, Since 31 May 20 \| ONGC	6%	₹389 Cr	14,655,000
Bank of Baroda (Financial Services) Equity, Since 31 Aug 24 \| BANKBARODA	5%	₹352 Cr	13,100,000
Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (Energy) Equity, Since 31 Aug 24 \| BPCL	4%	₹289 Cr	9,700,000
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (Industrials) Equity, Since 30 Jun 25 \| BHEL	4%	₹271 Cr	6,500,000
NMDC Ltd (Basic Materials) Equity, Since 31 Oct 23 \| NMDC	4%	₹245 Cr	27,900,000

Disclaimer:
All efforts have been made to ensure the information provided here is accurate. However, no guarantees are made regarding correctness of data. Please verify with scheme information document before making any investment.