Nippon India Value Fund Direct Growth

Nippon India Value Fund Direct Growth is an equity fund. This fund was started on 1 January, 2013. The fund is managed by Kinjal Desai, Meenakshi Dawar, Dhrumil Shah. The fund could potentially beat inflation in the long-run.

1. Nippon India Value Fund Direct Growth has ₹8664 Cr worth of assets under management (AUM) as on May 2025 and is more than category average.
2. The fund has an expense ratio 1.1.
   

Nippon India Value Fund Direct Growth has given a CAGR return of 17.10% since inception. Over the last 1, 3 and 5 years the fund has given a CAGR return of 5.17%, 28.78% and 30.54% respectively.

Nippon India Value Fund Direct Growth has allocated its funds majorly in Cash Equivalent, Financial Services, Tech, Industrial, Energy, Basic Materials, Utilities, Consumer Cyclical, Health, Communication, Consumer Defensive, Real Estate. Its top holdings are HDFC Bank Ltd, ICICI Bank Ltd, Infosys Ltd, Reliance Industries Ltd, NTPC Ltd

As it is a value mutual fund the taxation is as follows:
For short term (less than a year) capital gains will be taxed at 20%
For long term (more than 1 year) capital gains will be taxed at 12.5% without indexation benefit
Dividends will always be taxed at slab rate. Long term gains upto Rs 1 lakh are exempt capital gains tax.

The primary investment objective of this scheme is to seek capital appreciation and/or to generate consistent returns by actively investing in equity/ equity related securities predominantly into value stocks. However there can be no assurance that the investment objective of the Scheme will be realized.

Minimum investment for lump sum payment is INR 500.00 and for SIP is INR 100.00. Nippon India Value Fund Direct Growth has no lock in period.