Mutual Fund Category AMFI: 'Income/Debt Oriented Schemes - Gilt Fund', 'Debt Scheme - Gilt Fund'

Gilt Funds

Empirical historical performance, risk metrics vs benchmark, and constituent schemes rolling return analytics.

About this Category

Overview

Minimum investment in G-secs - 80% of total assets (across maturity)

Goal

Exposure to g-secs and generally long term government securities.

Taxation

Taxed as debt.

Questions

What is typical duration of the scheme?
What is volatility of these schemes?

Analyze rolling returns, drawdowns, win/loss distributions, and risk metrics for the CATEGORY-GILT-FUNDS benchmark series. View Gilt Funds Series Details

End Amount

₹26,022.19

Initial: ₹10000 (Lumpsum)

Category CAGR

7.18%

Gilt Funds Return

Benchmark CAGR

7.77%

India GSEC 5 Year Index

Inflation Adj. CAGR

2.22%

Real Annualized Return

Alpha

-0.01

Excess Return vs Benchmark

Beta

1.20

Volatility vs Benchmark

Sharpe Ratio

0.25

Risk-Adjusted Return

Sortino Ratio

0.37

Downside Risk-Adjusted Return

Gilt Funds vs Benchmark vs Inflation

Constituent Mutual Fund Schemes (24) Click column headers to sort by rolling return percentiles across 5-year and 10-year horizons.

Return statistics cached as of October 31, 2026 (cached version)

Scheme Name	2.5Th percentile return for 5 Years	Median percentile return for 5 Years	2.5Th percentile return for 10 Years	Median percentile return for 10 years
Aditya Birla Sun Life Gilt Fund - Growth - Direct Plan MF_119605	5.15%	8.22%	6.81%	8.60%
Axis Gilt Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option MF_120447	5.84%	7.72%	6.88%	7.77%
Baroda BNP Paribas GILT FUND - Direct Plan - Growth Option MF_119341	5.55%	6.94%	6.30%	7.58%
Bajaj Finserv Gilt Fund - Direct - Growth MF_153206	-	-	-	-
Bandhan Gilt Fund - Direct Plan - Growth MF_118464	5.64%	8.55%	7.71%	8.56%
CANARA ROBECO GILT FUND - DIRECT PLAN - GROWTH OPTION MF_118299	5.28%	7.15%	6.33%	7.90%
DSP Gilt Fund - Direct Plan - Growth MF_119099	5.87%	8.31%	7.29%	8.32%
Edelweiss Gilt Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option MF_140298	5.22%	7.87%	-	-
Franklin India Government Securities Fund - Direct - Growth MF_118498	4.64%	6.04%	5.53%	6.82%
Groww Gilt Fund - Direct - Growth MF_153477	-	-	-	-
HDFC Gilt Fund - Growth Option - Direct Plan MF_119116	5.30%	6.57%	5.88%	7.39%
HSBC Gilt Fund - Direct Growth MF_151014	-	-	-	-
ICICI Prudential Gilt Fund - Direct Plan - Growth MF_120590	6.53%	8.39%	7.36%	8.61%
Invesco India Gilt Fund - Direct Plan - Growth MF_120520	5.18%	6.76%	6.14%	7.31%
JM G-Sec Fund - (Direct) - Growth Option MF_120421	-	-	-	-
Kotak Gilt Fund -Investment Regular-Growth - Direct MF_119759	5.42%	8.19%	6.81%	8.29%
LIC MF Gilt Fund-Direct Plan-Growth MF_120282	4.80%	7.43%	6.39%	7.57%
Nippon India Gilt Fund - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Growth Option MF_118672	5.48%	8.43%	7.31%	8.91%
PGIM India Gilt Fund - Direct Plan - Growth MF_138472	5.48%	6.93%	6.28%	6.90%
SBI GILT FUND - DIRECT PLAN - GROWTH MF_119707	6.17%	8.62%	7.44%	8.86%
Tata Gilt Securities Fund- Direct Plan - Growth Option MF_119953	5.51%	7.11%	6.44%	7.72%
UTI - GILT FUND - Direct Plan - Growth Option MF_120792	5.46%	7.35%	6.90%	8.01%
Union Gilt Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option MF_150407	-	-	-	-
quant Gilt Fund - Growth Option - Direct Plan MF_151228	-	-	-	-