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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 15.9% 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 (27 Mar 25) ₹178.65 ↑ 1.22 (0.69 %) Net Assets (Cr) ₹6,886 on 28 Feb 25 Category Equity - Sectoral AMC ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Limited Rating ☆☆☆ Risk High Expense Ratio 2.22 Sharpe Ratio -0.25 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 29 Feb 20 ₹10,000 28 Feb 21 ₹13,597 28 Feb 22 ₹17,702 28 Feb 23 ₹21,851 29 Feb 24 ₹35,616 28 Feb 25 ₹36,176 Returns for ICICI Prudential Infrastructure Fund
absolute basis
& more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate)
basis. as on 27 Mar 25 Duration Returns 1 Month 7.4% 3 Month -4.2% 6 Month -11.8% 1 Year 8.8% 3 Year 29.6% 5 Year 40.9% 10 Year 15 Year Since launch 15.9% Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis
Year Returns 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% 2015 -3.4% Fund Manager information for ICICI Prudential Infrastructure Fund
Name Since Tenure Ihab Dalwai 3 Jun 17 7.75 Yr. Sharmila D’mello 30 Jun 22 2.67 Yr. Data below for ICICI Prudential Infrastructure Fund as on 28 Feb 25
Equity Sector Allocation
Sector Value Industrials 37.53% Basic Materials 21.32% Financial Services 16.4% Utility 8.67% Energy 6.7% Communication Services 1.27% Consumer Cyclical 1.01% Real Estate 0.39% Asset Allocation
Asset Class Value Cash 6.12% Equity 93.3% Debt 0.59% Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio
Name Holding Value Quantity Larsen & Toubro Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 30 Nov 09 | LT9% ₹687 Cr 1,925,850
↑ 221,167 Shree Cement Ltd (Basic Materials)
Equity, Since 30 Apr 24 | 5003874% ₹302 Cr 108,747
↑ 13,090 Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 May 24 | ADANIPORTS4% ₹296 Cr 2,695,324
↑ 955,233 NCC Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 Aug 21 | NCC4% ₹265 Cr 10,506,117
↑ 2,958,417 ICICI Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 Dec 16 | ICICIBANK3% ₹249 Cr 1,990,000 NTPC Ltd (Utilities)
Equity, Since 29 Feb 16 | 5325553% ₹235 Cr 7,260,775
↓ -450,000 Vedanta Ltd (Basic Materials)
Equity, Since 31 Jul 24 | 5002953% ₹213 Cr 4,823,662
↑ 1,000,935 HDFC Bank Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 Jan 22 | HDFCBANK3% ₹208 Cr 1,225,000
↑ 200,000 InterGlobe Aviation Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 28 Feb 23 | INDIGO3% ₹206 Cr 477,106
↑ 20,000 Reliance Industries Ltd (Energy)
Equity, Since 31 Jul 23 | RELIANCE3% ₹204 Cr 1,609,486 2. IDFC Infrastructure Fund
CAGR/Annualized
return of 11.5% 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 (27 Mar 25) ₹46.063 ↑ 0.66 (1.45 %) Net Assets (Cr) ₹1,400 on 28 Feb 25 Category Equity - Sectoral AMC IDFC Asset Management Company Limited Rating ☆☆☆☆☆ Risk High Expense Ratio 2.33 Sharpe Ratio -0.3 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 29 Feb 20 ₹10,000 28 Feb 21 ₹14,023 28 Feb 22 ₹17,580 28 Feb 23 ₹18,995 29 Feb 24 ₹32,794 28 Feb 25 ₹31,727 Returns for IDFC Infrastructure Fund
absolute basis
& more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate)
basis. as on 27 Mar 25 Duration Returns 1 Month 10.1% 3 Month -10.9% 6 Month -17.8% 1 Year 7.4% 3 Year 27.2% 5 Year 38.1% 10 Year 15 Year Since launch 11.5% Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis
Year Returns 2024 39.3% 2023 50.3% 2022 1.7% 2021 64.8% 2020 6.3% 2019 -5.3% 2018 -25.9% 2017 58.7% 2016 10.7% 2015 -0.2% Fund Manager information for IDFC Infrastructure Fund
Name Since Tenure Vishal Biraia 24 Jan 24 1.1 Yr. Ritika Behera 7 Oct 23 1.4 Yr. Gaurav Satra 7 Jun 24 0.73 Yr. Data below for IDFC Infrastructure Fund as on 28 Feb 25
Equity Sector Allocation
Sector Value Industrials 56.44% Utility 12.75% Basic Materials 8.95% Communication Services 4.63% Energy 3.49% Financial Services 3.1% Consumer Cyclical 2.89% Technology 2.42% Health Care 1.83% Asset Allocation
Asset Class Value Cash 3.5% Equity 96.5% Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio
Name Holding Value Quantity Kirloskar Brothers Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 Dec 17 | KIRLOSBROS5% ₹82 Cr 443,385 Larsen & Toubro Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 29 Feb 12 | LT4% ₹61 Cr 171,447 Reliance Industries Ltd (Energy)
Equity, Since 30 Jun 24 | RELIANCE3% ₹57 Cr 452,706 UltraTech Cement Ltd (Basic Materials)
Equity, Since 31 Mar 14 | 5325383% ₹54 Cr 46,976 GPT Infraprojects Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 30 Nov 17 | GPTINFRA3% ₹53 Cr 4,797,143 Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 Dec 23 | ADANIPORTS3% ₹48 Cr 434,979 PTC India Financial Services Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 31 Dec 23 | PFS3% ₹47 Cr 12,400,122 Bharti Airtel Ltd (Communication Services)
Equity, Since 30 Apr 19 | BHARTIARTL3% ₹47 Cr 289,163 KEC International Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 30 Jun 24 | 5327143% ₹43 Cr 512,915
↑ 37,553 Bharat Electronics Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 Oct 19 | BEL3% ₹42 Cr 1,431,700