Low-cost index
Cheapest way to track an index?
Ranked on expense ratio and tracking — a passive fund’s job is to be cheap and accurate.
370 funds in this group. Showing the top 100 by expense ratio — pick a sub-category below for the complete list.
Top 100 funds, ranked by expense ratio
Badges are our own quality tiers — Platinum (top 10%), Gold (25%), Silver (50%), Bronze (75%) — scored within each sub-category, so they compare a fund with its peers and not with funds of a different type. “3Y typical” is the median annualised return across every 3-year holding period the fund has lived through, not a single 3-year figure; “3Y loss odds” is the share of those periods that ended down. “Beat peers” is the share in which it beat its category's median, and “worst fall” is its deepest peak-to-trough drop. Open a fund for the full distribution. Click any column heading to re-sort — including the fund name, which groups a house’s funds together. Funds with no value for a column sort last. Returns over 1 year are annualised (CAGR). Past performance does not indicate future returns. Eligibility: Direct, Growth only, minimum AUM ₹100 Cr, at least 1 year(s) old, short-duration categories included. Past performance. Returns for 3y/5y are annualised (CAGR) and are withheld where the NAV series does not support the period.
Low-cost index — FAQs
What should I compare between two index funds on the same index?
Cost and tracking. Two funds following the same index hold the same securities, so the difference in what you receive comes from the expense ratio and from how closely the fund tracks the index — its tracking difference and tracking error.
Index fund or ETF?
An ETF trades on an exchange, needs a demat account, and its market price can differ slightly from NAV. An index fund is bought at NAV like any mutual fund and supports SIPs, usually at a marginally higher expense ratio.