An Open-end diversified equity fund that seek to provide a combination of regular income and long term capital appreciation by investing primarily in stocks that have a current on potentially attractive dividend yield. Templeton India Equity Income Fund - Direct is a Equity - Dividend Yield fund launched on 1 Jan 13. It is a fund with Moderately High risk and has given a Below is the key information for Templeton India Equity Income Fund - Direct Returns up to 1 year are on Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis Templeton India Equity Income Fund - Direct - G
Scheme Objective
CAGR return of 15.5% since its launch. Return for 2025 was 2.6% , 2024 was 21.4% and 2023 was 34.5% . NAV as on 23 Jan 26 ₹152.472 ↓ -0.87 (-0.57 %) Net Assets (AUM) as on 31 Dec 2025 ₹2,402 Cr. Launch Date 1 Jan 2013 Category Equity - Dividend Yield Rating Type Open Ended Fund Risk Moderately High AMC Franklin Templeton Asst Mgmt(IND)Pvt Ltd Alpha Ratio -4.58 Expense Ratio 1.25 % Sharpe Ratio -0.288 Information Ratio 0.29 Benchmark Not Available Min Investment ₹5,000 Min SIP Investment ₹500 Exit Load 0-1 Years (1%),1 Years and above(NIL) NAV Price Chart
Returns
Annual Compounded Returns
absolute basis & more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) basis. as on 23 Jan 26 Duration Returns 1 Month -0.1% 3 Month 0.3% 6 Month 1.1% 1 Year 4.1% 3 Year 17.7% 5 Year 19.7% 10 Year 15 Year Since launch 15.5% Historical Annual Returns
Year Returns 2024 2.6% 2023 21.4% 2022 34.5% 2021 6.1% 2020 44.1% 2019 24.3% 2018 6% 2017 -8% 2016 35.1% Growth of 10k Over Years
Date Value 31 Dec 20 ₹10,000 31 Dec 21 ₹14,413 31 Dec 22 ₹15,285 31 Dec 23 ₹20,561 31 Dec 24 ₹24,965 31 Dec 25 ₹25,609 Asset Allocation
Asset Class Value Cash 3.02% Equity 96.98% Other 0% Sector Allocation
Sector Value Technology 16.39% Utility 14.75% Financial Services 12.34% Consumer Defensive 11.49% Energy 10.92% Real Estate 9.95% Consumer Cyclical 6.77% Industrials 6.34% Basic Materials 5.5% Communication Services 2.42% Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio
Holdings/Securities
Name Global Industry Holding Value Quantity NTPC Ltd (Utilities)
Equity, Since 31 Jan 19 | 532555Utilities - Regulated Electric 5% ₹119 Cr 3,600,000 Infosys Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 30 Apr 13 | INFYInformation Technology Services 5% ₹116 Cr 720,276
↓ -16,538 HDFC Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 Jul 23 | HDFCBANKBanks - Regional 5% ₹113 Cr 1,140,000 Embassy Office Parks REIT (Real Estate)
-, Since 30 Apr 25 | EMBASSYREIT - Office 4% ₹94 Cr 2,166,455 HCL Technologies Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 31 Jan 22 | HCLTECHInformation Technology Services 4% ₹91 Cr 560,000 State Bank of India (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 30 Jun 25 | SBINBanks - Regional 4% ₹88 Cr 900,000
↑ 300,000 ITC Ltd (Consumer Defensive)
Equity, Since 30 Sep 21 | ITCTobacco 3% ₹83 Cr 2,050,000 GAIL (India) Ltd (Utilities)
Equity, Since 31 Jan 19 | 532155Utilities - Regulated Gas 3% ₹72 Cr 4,200,000
↓ -1,100,000 Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 31 May 20 | TCSInformation Technology Services 3% ₹71 Cr 222,500
↑ 31,040 Oil & Natural Gas Corp Ltd (Energy)
Equity, Since 28 Feb 07 | 500312Oil & Gas Integrated 3% ₹71 Cr 2,957,800
↓ -210,580
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Name Since Tenure Ajay Argal 1 Dec 23 2.09 Yr. Sandeep Manam 18 Oct 21 4.21 Yr. Rajasa Kakulavarapu 6 Sep 21 4.32 Yr. Custodians
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Company Address Franklin Templeton Asst Mgmt(IND)Pvt Ltd One International Centre, Tower 2, 12th and 13th Floor,Senapati Bapat Marg, Elphinstone Road (West), Mumbai Auditors
Company Address BSR & Co. LLP BSR & Co. LLP All Plan & Options
Fund and Plan NAV 6 Month 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year Templeton India Equity Income Fund - Direct
Growth ₹152.472
↓ -0.87 1.05 % 4.14 % 17.69 % 19.73 % Templeton India Equity Income Fund - Direct
Normal Dividend, Payout ₹28.7734
↑ 0.25 0.87 % 3.86 % 17.32 % 19.23 % Templeton India Equity Income Fund - Direct
Normal Dividend, Reinvestment ₹28.6093
↓ -0.16 0.87 % 3.86 % 17.32 % 19.23 % Data as on 23 Jan 26