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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.
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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
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.
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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. ICICI Prudential Infrastructure Fund is a Equity - Sectoral fund was launched on 31 Aug 05. It is a fund with High risk and has given a Below is the key information for ICICI Prudential Infrastructure Fund Returns up to 1 year are on The investment objective of the scheme is to seek to generate long-term capital growth through an active diversified portfolio of predominantly equity and equity related instruments of companies that are participating in and benefiting from growth in Indian infrastructure and infrastructural related activities. However, there can be no assurance that the investment objective of the scheme will be realized. IDFC Infrastructure Fund is a Equity - Sectoral fund was launched on 8 Mar 11. It is a fund with High risk and has given a Below is the key information for IDFC Infrastructure Fund Returns up to 1 year are on 1. ICICI Prudential Infrastructure Fund
CAGR/Annualized
return of 15.7% since its launch. Ranked 27 in Sectoral
category. Return for 2024 was 27.4% , 2023 was 44.6% and 2022 was 28.8% . ICICI Prudential Infrastructure Fund
Growth Launch Date 31 Aug 05 NAV (20 Feb 25) ₹170.99 ↑ 1.54 (0.91 %) Net Assets (Cr) ₹7,435 on 31 Jan 25 Category Equity - Sectoral AMC ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Limited Rating ☆☆☆ Risk High Expense Ratio 2.22 Sharpe Ratio 0.64 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 31 Jan 20 ₹10,000 31 Jan 21 ₹10,385 31 Jan 22 ₹16,659 31 Jan 23 ₹19,888 31 Jan 24 ₹30,973 31 Jan 25 ₹35,717 Returns for ICICI Prudential Infrastructure Fund
absolute basis
& more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate)
basis. as on 20 Feb 25 Duration Returns 1 Month -5.6% 3 Month -6.5% 6 Month -10.1% 1 Year 5.6% 3 Year 27.9% 5 Year 28.3% 10 Year 15 Year Since launch 15.7% Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis
Year Returns 2023 27.4% 2022 44.6% 2021 28.8% 2020 50.1% 2019 3.6% 2018 2.6% 2017 -14% 2016 40.8% 2015 2% 2014 -3.4% Fund Manager information for ICICI Prudential Infrastructure Fund
Name Since Tenure Ihab Dalwai 3 Jun 17 7.67 Yr. Sharmila D’mello 30 Jun 22 2.59 Yr. Data below for ICICI Prudential Infrastructure Fund as on 31 Jan 25
Equity Sector Allocation
Sector Value Industrials 36.99% Basic Materials 18.93% Financial Services 16.99% Utility 10.73% Energy 7.04% Communication Services 1.26% Consumer Cyclical 1.11% Real Estate 0.75% Asset Allocation
Asset Class Value Cash 5.59% Equity 93.78% Debt 0.63% Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio
Name Holding Value Quantity Larsen & Toubro Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 30 Nov 09 | LT9% ₹615 Cr 1,704,683 NTPC Ltd (Utilities)
Equity, Since 29 Feb 16 | 5325554% ₹257 Cr 7,710,775 ICICI Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 Dec 16 | ICICIBANK4% ₹255 Cr 1,990,000 Shree Cement Ltd (Basic Materials)
Equity, Since 30 Apr 24 | 5003874% ₹246 Cr 95,657 JM Financial Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 Oct 21 | JMFINANCIL3% ₹231 Cr 17,763,241
↑ 400,000 Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 May 24 | ADANIPORTS3% ₹214 Cr 1,740,091 InterGlobe Aviation Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 28 Feb 23 | INDIGO3% ₹208 Cr 457,106
↓ -30,684 NCC Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 Aug 21 | NCC3% ₹207 Cr 7,547,700 Kalpataru Projects International Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 30 Sep 06 | KPIL3% ₹202 Cr 1,558,301 Reliance Industries Ltd (Energy)
Equity, Since 31 Jul 23 | RELIANCE3% ₹196 Cr 1,609,486 2. IDFC Infrastructure Fund
CAGR/Annualized
return of 11.1% since its launch. Ranked 1 in Sectoral
category. Return for 2024 was 39.3% , 2023 was 50.3% and 2022 was 1.7% . IDFC Infrastructure Fund
Growth Launch Date 8 Mar 11 NAV (20 Feb 25) ₹43.6 ↑ 0.77 (1.80 %) Net Assets (Cr) ₹1,641 on 31 Jan 25 Category Equity - Sectoral AMC IDFC Asset Management Company Limited Rating ☆☆☆☆☆ Risk High Expense Ratio 2.33 Sharpe Ratio 0.49 Information Ratio 0 Alpha Ratio 0 Min Investment 5,000 Min SIP Investment 100 Exit Load 0-365 Days (1%),365 Days and above(NIL) Growth of 10,000 investment over the years.
Date Value 31 Jan 20 ₹10,000 31 Jan 21 ₹10,449 31 Jan 22 ₹16,786 31 Jan 23 ₹16,915 31 Jan 24 ₹28,172 31 Jan 25 ₹32,572 Returns for IDFC Infrastructure Fund
absolute basis
& more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate)
basis. as on 20 Feb 25 Duration Returns 1 Month -12% 3 Month -13.1% 6 Month -22% 1 Year 4.5% 3 Year 23.2% 5 Year 25.4% 10 Year 15 Year Since launch 11.1% Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis
Year Returns 2023 39.3% 2022 50.3% 2021 1.7% 2020 64.8% 2019 6.3% 2018 -5.3% 2017 -25.9% 2016 58.7% 2015 10.7% 2014 -0.2% Fund Manager information for IDFC Infrastructure Fund
Name Since Tenure Vishal Biraia 24 Jan 24 1.02 Yr. Ritika Behera 7 Oct 23 1.32 Yr. Gaurav Satra 7 Jun 24 0.65 Yr. Data below for IDFC Infrastructure Fund as on 31 Jan 25
Equity Sector Allocation
Sector Value Industrials 58.01% Utility 12.35% Basic Materials 8.64% Technology 4.18% Communication Services 3.82% Financial Services 3.21% Energy 3.07% Consumer Cyclical 2.58% Health Care 1.77% Asset Allocation
Asset Class Value Cash 2.38% Equity 97.62% Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio
Name Holding Value Quantity Kirloskar Brothers Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 Dec 17 | KIRLOSBROS5% ₹92 Cr 443,385 GPT Infraprojects Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 30 Nov 17 | GPTINFRA4% ₹68 Cr 4,797,143 Larsen & Toubro Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 29 Feb 12 | LT3% ₹62 Cr 171,447 KEC International Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 30 Jun 24 | 5327143% ₹57 Cr 475,362 Reliance Industries Ltd (Energy)
Equity, Since 30 Jun 24 | RELIANCE3% ₹55 Cr 452,706 UltraTech Cement Ltd (Basic Materials)
Equity, Since 31 Mar 14 | 5325383% ₹54 Cr 46,976 Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 Dec 23 | ADANIPORTS3% ₹54 Cr 434,979 PTC India Financial Services Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 Dec 23 | PFS3% ₹53 Cr 12,400,122 H.G. Infra Engineering Ltd Ordinary Shares (Industrials)
Equity, Since 28 Feb 18 | HGINFRA3% ₹49 Cr 321,984 Ahluwalia Contracts (India) Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 30 Apr 15 | AHLUCONT3% ₹48 Cr 470,125