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Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund

Franklin India NSE Nifty 50 Index Direct-Growth

Equity: Large Cap - Growth (Open ended)
Risk levelCategoryBenchmark
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Factsheet
SEBI Riskometer: Very HighCategory: Equity: Large CapBenchmark: NIFTY 50 Total Return IndexCheck Portfolio Overlap →
NAV: ₹203.53-0.50%
07 Sept 2026
1 Week returns: -1.22 %
Category rank: 35/117
1 Month returns: -3.20 %
Category rank: 86/116
1 Year CAGR: -3.01 %
Category rank: 79/106
3 Years CAGR: 7.41 %
Category rank: 66/81
5 Years CAGR: 7.45 %
Category rank: 53/64
52 week high/low
₹189.85
₹223.66
AUM
732.66
Expense Ratio
0.30
Inception
1356998.00
P/E
20.41
P/B
3.13
Tracking Error
0.12
Tracking Diff 1Y
-0.20
Tracking Diff 3Y
-0.22
Tracking Diff 5Y
-0.34
Return 1Y
-3.01
Return 3Y
7.41
Return 5Y
7.45

Key Talking Points

Important talking points about the scheme's performance, expense ratio and other factors — grouped by positive, negative, and neutral stance.
Positive
Relatively low expense ratio

Expense ratio of the Index fund (0.3%) is lower than average expense ratio of other Index funds/ETFs (0.44%) tracking NIFTY 50 Total Return Index

This measures the relative expense of the index fund/ETF with respect to average expense ratio all index funds/ETFs tracking the same benchmark. Investors should always prefer schemes with lower expense, everything else remaining the same

What is Expense ratio?

Low tracking error

Tracking error of the Index fund (0.12%) is low

This is a measure of how well an Index fund/ETF has been able to replicate the performance of the benchmark its tracking. As a passive investor, lower tracking error is always better

What is Tracking Error?

Low tracking difference

Tracking difference of the Index fund (0.2%) is low

This measures the difference in returns (last 1 year) between the Index fund/ETF and its respective benchmark. Lower absolute tracking difference is better

What is Tracking Difference (1Y)?

Relatively in line tracking difference

Tracking difference of the Index fund is lower than average tracking difference of other Index funds/ETFs (0.39%) tracking NIFTY 50 Total Return Index

This measures the relative tracking difference of the Index fund/ETF with respect to average tracking difference all index funds/ETFs tracking the same benchmark.

What is Tracking Difference (1Y)?

Negative
Relatively high tracking error

Tracking error of the Index fund is higher than average tracking error of other Index funds/ETFs (0.08%) tracking NIFTY 50 Total Return Index

This measures the relative tracking error of the Index fund/ETF with respect to average tracking error all index funds/ETFs tracking the same benchmark.

What is Tracking Error?

Neutral
3-year performance has been average

3-year CAGR of 7.41% is between 25th and 75th percentile in its category - Equity: Large Cap

This is measured by percentile rank of the scheme in its category based on 3-year CAGR. Lower rank implies that scheme was a relative outperformer in its category

What is CAGR (3Y)?

Scheme Overview

The open end index linked growth scheme with the objective to invest in companies whose securities are included in the Nifty and subject to tracking errors, endeavouring to attain results commensurate with Nifty 50 Index under NSE Nifty Plan, and to provide returns that, before expenses, closely correspond to the total return of common stocks as represented by the S&P BSE Sensex under S&P BSE Sensex Plan.

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Plan Variants

Franklin India NSE Nifty 50 Index Direct-IDCW
Plan
IDCW
Payout
Irregular

Fund Managers

Sandeep Manam
Since: 18 Oct 2021
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Education
Mr. Manam is a PGDM (IIM-Ahmedabad), B.Tech (Electronics & Communication Engg.)- National Institute of Technology Calicut
Past Experience
Prior to joining Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt. Ltd., he has worked with Cognizant Technology Solutions, Shapoorji Pallonji & Company Private Limited.
Funds managed (21)
1.Franklin Asian Equity Fund18 Oct 2021 – Present
2.Franklin Build India Fund18 Oct 2021 – Present
3.Franklin India Large Cap Fund18 Oct 2021 – Present
4.Franklin India Large & Mid Cap Fund21 Oct 2021 – Present
5.Franklin India Focused Equity Fund18 Oct 2021 – Present
6.Franklin India NSE Nifty 50 Index18 Oct 2021 – Present
7.Franklin India Opportunities Fund18 Oct 2021 – Present
8.Franklin India Mid Cap Fund18 Oct 2021 – Present
9.Franklin India Flexi Cap Fund18 Oct 2021 – Present
10.Franklin India Small Cap Fund18 Oct 2021 – Present
11.Franklin India Technology Fund18 Oct 2021 – Present
12.Franklin India Aggressive Hybrid Fund18 Oct 2021 – Present
13.Franklin U.S. Opportunities Equity Active FoF18 Oct 2021 – Present
14.Franklin India Floating Interest Rates Fund18 Oct 2021 – Present
15.Franklin India Dividend Yield Fund18 Oct 2021 – Present
16.Franklin India Conservative Hybrid Fund18 Oct 2021 – Present
17.Franklin India Banking & PSU Debt Fund18 Oct 2021 – Present
18.Franklin India Equity Savings Fund18 Oct 2021 – Present
19.Franklin India Balanced Advantage Fund16 Aug 2022 – Present
20.Franklin India Multi Cap Fund8 Jul 2024 – Present
21.Franklin India Multi Asset Allocation Fund11 Jul 2025 – Present
Shyam Sundar Sriram
Since: 26 Sep 2024
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Education
Mr. Sriram has done B.E (Electronics & Communication ) and PGDM - IIM-A
Past Experience
Prior to joining Franklin India Mutual Fund, he was working with Sundaram Mutual Fund, JM financial, Cognizant technology and IIFL wealth management

Key Scheme Details

Inception
31 Dec 2012
Expense Ratio
0.3%
AUM
₹732.67 Cr
Lock in
No lock in
Taxation
Equity
Min. Investment
₹5,000
Min. Addl Investment
-
Min. SIP Investment
₹500
Exit load
-

AMC Overview

Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund background and AUM insights, category-wise distribution and historical AUM growth.

AUM Analysis

AUM distribution as on date:
Jul 31, 2026
Total AUM: ₹ 1,32,233 Cr
Equity
₹ 1,07,452 Cr
Debt
₹ 13,902 Cr
Hybrid
₹ 10,879 Cr
Dec 31, 2021Jan 31, 2022Feb 28, 2022Mar 31, 2022Apr 30, 2022May 31, 2022Jul 31, 2022Sep 30, 2022Oct 31, 2022Nov 30, 2022Dec 31, 2022Jan 31, 2023Feb 28, 2023Mar 31, 2023Apr 30, 2023May 31, 2023Jun 30, 2023Jul 31, 2023Aug 31, 2023Sep 30, 2023Oct 31, 2023Nov 30, 2023Dec 31, 2023Jan 31, 2024Feb 29, 2024Mar 31, 2024Apr 30, 2024May 31, 2024Jun 30, 2024Jul 31, 2024Aug 31, 2024Sep 30, 2024Oct 31, 2024Nov 30, 2024Dec 31, 2024Jan 31, 2025Feb 28, 2025Mar 31, 2025Apr 30, 2025May 31, 2025Jun 30, 2025Jul 31, 2025Aug 31, 2025Sep 30, 2025Oct 31, 2025Nov 30, 2025Dec 31, 2025Jan 31, 2026Feb 28, 2026Mar 31, 2026Apr 30, 2026May 31, 2026Jun 30, 2026Jul 31, 2026
equity57,232 Cr56,615 Cr53,501 Cr55,067 Cr53,719 Cr51,806 Cr54,134 Cr54,612 Cr56,745 Cr58,004 Cr56,074 Cr55,105 Cr54,439 Cr54,615 Cr56,336 Cr58,617 Cr61,427 Cr64,193 Cr64,894 Cr65,997 Cr64,681 Cr70,139 Cr74,949 Cr77,084 Cr78,948 Cr79,367 Cr83,057 Cr84,383 Cr91,310 Cr98,759 Cr1,00,683 Cr1,02,529 Cr97,740 Cr99,394 Cr99,442 Cr94,876 Cr87,732 Cr92,816 Cr96,711 Cr1,00,428 Cr1,04,253 Cr1,02,901 Cr1,01,340 Cr1,01,980 Cr1,06,050 Cr1,06,580 Cr1,06,266 Cr1,03,395 Cr1,03,416 Cr92,887 Cr1,02,890 Cr1,03,586 Cr1,06,145 Cr1,07,452 Cr
hybrid2,313 Cr2,318 Cr2,248 Cr2,283 Cr2,264 Cr2,210 Cr2,249 Cr3,076 Cr3,198 Cr3,309 Cr3,297 Cr3,286 Cr3,268 Cr3,310 Cr3,357 Cr3,420 Cr3,535 Cr3,675 Cr3,757 Cr3,860 Cr3,838 Cr4,035 Cr4,269 Cr4,413 Cr4,584 Cr4,715 Cr4,932 Cr5,100 Cr5,407 Cr5,613 Cr5,751 Cr5,898 Cr5,887 Cr6,169 Cr6,238 Cr6,129 Cr5,914 Cr6,169 Cr6,420 Cr6,645 Cr6,734 Cr6,798 Cr8,796 Cr8,991 Cr9,369 Cr9,633 Cr9,800 Cr9,950 Cr10,112 Cr9,538 Cr10,364 Cr10,548 Cr10,718 Cr10,879 Cr
debt6,617 Cr6,485 Cr6,325 Cr6,141 Cr6,236 Cr6,576 Cr6,154 Cr5,351 Cr5,366 Cr5,597 Cr5,293 Cr5,417 Cr5,457 Cr5,395 Cr5,694 Cr5,982 Cr5,542 Cr5,965 Cr5,874 Cr5,525 Cr5,460 Cr5,785 Cr5,110 Cr5,840 Cr6,114 Cr5,442 Cr5,611 Cr5,914 Cr5,898 Cr7,395 Cr7,545 Cr6,739 Cr7,278 Cr6,955 Cr6,989 Cr7,252 Cr7,609 Cr7,418 Cr9,626 Cr9,409 Cr9,290 Cr10,762 Cr10,404 Cr9,672 Cr11,386 Cr10,864 Cr9,999 Cr11,624 Cr11,492 Cr9,557 Cr11,909 Cr12,483 Cr10,826 Cr13,902 Cr
commodities------------------------------------------------------
Total66,162 Cr65,417 Cr62,074 Cr63,491 Cr62,219 Cr60,592 Cr62,536 Cr63,039 Cr65,309 Cr66,909 Cr64,665 Cr63,809 Cr63,165 Cr63,320 Cr65,387 Cr68,019 Cr70,504 Cr73,833 Cr74,525 Cr75,382 Cr73,979 Cr79,959 Cr84,327 Cr87,337 Cr89,646 Cr89,524 Cr93,600 Cr95,397 Cr1,02,615 Cr1,11,766 Cr1,13,979 Cr1,15,166 Cr1,10,905 Cr1,12,518 Cr1,12,669 Cr1,08,258 Cr1,01,255 Cr1,06,403 Cr1,12,757 Cr1,16,482 Cr1,20,278 Cr1,20,461 Cr1,20,540 Cr1,20,644 Cr1,26,806 Cr1,27,078 Cr1,26,065 Cr1,24,969 Cr1,25,020 Cr1,11,983 Cr1,25,162 Cr1,26,617 Cr1,27,689 Cr1,32,233 Cr

AMC Details

AMC
Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund
CIO
R Janakiraman(Chief Investment Officer-Equity), Rahul Goswami(Chief Investment Officer-Debt)
IRO
Rini K Krishnan
Trustee
Franklin Templeton Trustee Services Pvt. Ltd.
Address
Unit No.202/203/204, 2nd Floor, Dalamal Tower, Plot No. 211, Free Press Journal Marg, Nariman Point, Mumbai

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the current NAV of Franklin India NSE Nifty 50 Index Direct-Growth?
The current NAV of Franklin India NSE Nifty 50 Index Direct-Growth is ₹203.53 as of 6 Sep 2026. The NAV of a mutual fund reflects the per-unit market value of the fund's holdings and is updated at the end of every trading day.
What is the AUM of Franklin India NSE Nifty 50 Index Direct-Growth?
The AUM (Assets Under Management) of Franklin India NSE Nifty 50 Index Direct-Growth is ₹732.67 crore. AUM represents the total market value of assets the fund currently manages on behalf of its investors.
What is the expense ratio of Franklin India NSE Nifty 50 Index Direct-Growth?
The expense ratio of Franklin India NSE Nifty 50 Index Direct-Growth is 0.30% per annum. This is the annual fee charged by the fund house to manage your investment. A lower expense ratio means more of your returns stay with you — which is one reason direct plans have a lower expense ratio than regular plans.
Who is the fund manager of Franklin India NSE Nifty 50 Index Direct-Growth?
Franklin India NSE Nifty 50 Index Direct-Growth is managed by Sandeep Manam, Shyam Sundar Sriram. You can check the full list of fund managers in the "Fund Manager" section above.
What is the benchmark of Franklin India NSE Nifty 50 Index Direct-Growth?
The benchmark of Franklin India NSE Nifty 50 Index Direct-Growth is NIFTY 50 Total Return Index. This is the index against which the fund's performance is measured. Consistently beating the benchmark over long periods is a key indicator of a fund manager's skill.
When was Franklin India NSE Nifty 50 Index Direct-Growth launched?
Franklin India NSE Nifty 50 Index Direct-Growth was launched on 31 Dec 2012. The fund has been in existence for 13 years. A longer track record gives investors more data to evaluate how the fund has performed across different market cycles.
What is the minimum investment in Franklin India NSE Nifty 50 Index Direct-Growth?
The minimum investment in Franklin India NSE Nifty 50 Index Direct-Growth is ₹5,000 for a lump sum and ₹500 per month for a SIP (Systematic Investment Plan). SIPs allow you to invest a fixed amount regularly, making it easier to build wealth over time without needing a large upfront amount.
What is the exit load on Franklin India NSE Nifty 50 Index Direct-Growth?
The exit load on Franklin India NSE Nifty 50 Index Direct-Growth is shown in the Scheme Overview section above. Exit load is charged to discourage early withdrawals and protect long-term investors in the fund.
What category does Franklin India NSE Nifty 50 Index Direct-Growth belong to?
Franklin India NSE Nifty 50 Index Direct-Growth belongs to the Equity: Large Cap category. You can view other funds in this category.