Franklin Build India Fund-Growth

Q: What are the returns of Franklin Build India Fund?

The Franklin Build India Fund is a 16 yrs 1 m old fund and has delivered average annual returns of 17.8% since inception. Franklin Build India Fund Returns 1-Year 3-Year 5-Year 10-Year Since Inception -3.86% 26.91% 32.13% 17.81% 17.8%

NAV as of Sep 03, 2025	Returns since inception	ET Money Rank	AUM (Fund size)
₹140.2755+0.48% 1 day change	17.8% p.a.	App exclusive #NA View Ranked Funds	₹2,857 Cr

Historical NAV & returns

NAV: ₹140.2755 as on Sep 03, 2025

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Franklin Build India Fund overview

Expense ratio	1.99% as on Aug 31, 2025
Plan type	Regular
Exit load	1.0% Exit load of 1% if redeemed within 1 year!
AUM (Fund size)	₹2,857 Cr
Lock-in Period	Nil
Age	16 yrs 1 m since Jul 10, 2009
Benchmark	BSE India Infrastructure TRI
Min. investment	This scheme is currently not buyable
Risk	Very High
Short term capital gains (STCG)	Returns taxed at 20% if you redeem before 1 year
Long term capital gains (LTCG)	After 1 year, returns above ₹1.25 lakh in a financial year are taxed at 12.5%

Franklin Build India Fund Returns calculator

Investment type

Monthly investment

₹ 10,000

Investment period

Lumpsum investment

₹1 lakh

Investment period

Disclaimer: Products compared like fixed deposits may provide fixed guaranteed returns. Mutual Funds investments are subject to market risk, read all scheme related documents carefully. Past performance is not an indicator of future returns.

Total investment ₹ 12 lakh
Profit ₹12 lakhs
Total corpus ₹1 lakh
Absolute return 52.69%

Trailing returns as on Sep 04, 2025

Period	This fund	Category average
1 Month	-0.33%	-0.06%
3 Months	1.0%	-0.06%
6 Months	18.01%	19.09%
1 Year	-3.86%	-7.16%
2 Years	24.42%	21.26%
3 Years	26.91%	23.41%
4 Years	22.55%	20.57%
5 Years	32.13%	30.05%
7 Years	19.24%	18.26%
10 Years	17.81%	16.15%

Asset allocationas on May 31, 2025

Large Cap 62.86%

Mid Cap 7.57%

Small Cap 25.31%

Other Cap 0%

Top holdings

Larsen & Toubro Ltd.8.55%

ICICI Bank Ltd.6.07%

Reliance Industries Ltd.5.97%

Interglobe Aviation Ltd.5.6%

Top sectors

Energy 25.21%

Capital Goods 15.61%

Construction 14.18%

Financial 11.870000000000001%

Credit quality

Bifurcation by Credit Quality is not available for this fund

Top Debt Holdings

Bifurcation by Holding is not available for this fund

Allocation by Instruments

Bifurcation by Instrument is not available for this fund

Other Holdings

Others 4.27%

Detailed portfolio analysis

Peer comparison

Fund name	ETM Rank	AUM	Fund age	Expense ratio
Franklin Build India Fund	N.A.	2,857 Cr	16 yrs 1 m	1.99%
ICICI Prudential Infrastructure Fund	N.A.	7,416 Cr	20 yrs 1 m	1.85%
DSP India T.I.G.E.R. Fund	N.A.	5,319 Cr	21 yrs 4 m	1.86%
HDFC Infrastructure Fund	N.A.	2,540 Cr	17 yrs 8 m	2.05%
Invesco India Infrastructure Fund	N.A.	1,524 Cr	17 yrs 11 m	2.11%

Fund name	1M	6M	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
Franklin Build India Fund	-0.33%	18.01%	-3.86%	26.91%	32.13%	17.81%
ICICI Prudential Infrastructure Fund	0.54%	17.11%	-2.64%	27.89%	34.78%	17.57%
DSP India T.I.G.E.R. Fund	0.71%	20.11%	-7.95%	25.84%	32.35%	16.9%
HDFC Infrastructure Fund	-0.09%	19.08%	-4.48%	27.25%	32.64%	12.44%
Invesco India Infrastructure Fund	-0.69%	24.03%	-5.47%	25.03%	29.44%	17.39%

Fund name	Std. deviation	Beta	Sharpe	Sortino
Franklin Build India Fund	15.79	0.57	1.17	1.96
ICICI Prudential Infrastructure Fund	14.85	0.54	1.29	2.3
DSP India T.I.G.E.R. Fund	17.83	0.6	1.0	1.4
HDFC Infrastructure Fund	16.22	0.58	1.17	1.86
Invesco India Infrastructure Fund	19.27	0.65	0.91	1.16

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Key risk & return ratios Compared to other funds in the category

Alpha	7.41 vs. 9.27 Underperformed at beating benchmark
Sharpe	1.17 vs. 8.37 Poor risk-adjusted returns
Beta	0.57 vs. 0.92 Less sensitive to market ups & downs
Standard deviation	15.79 vs. 16.3 More stable returns

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About this fund

About Franklin Build India Fund

Franklin Build India Fund-Growth is a Sectoral-Infrastructure mutual fund scheme from Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund. This fund has been in existence for 16 yrs 1 m, having been launched on 10/07/2009. Franklin Build India Fund-Growth has ₹2,857 Crores worth of assets under management (AUM) as on 31/05/2025 and is medium-sized fund of its category. The latest Net Asset Value (NAV) of Franklin Build India Fund-Growth as of 03/09/2025 is ₹140.28. The fund has an expense ratio of 1.99%, which is higher than what most other Sectoral-infrastructure funds charge.

Franklin Build India Fund-Growth returns of last 1-year are -4.03%. Since launch, it has delivered 17.94% average annual returns. The fund has doubled the money invested in it every 3 yrs.
Franklin Build India Fund-Growth scheme's ability to deliver returns consistently is in-line with most funds of its category. Its ability to control losses in a falling market is high.
The fund has the majority of its money invested in Energy, Capital Goods, Construction, Financial, Services sectors. It has taken less exposure in Energy, Capital Goods sectors compared to other funds in the category.
The fund's top 5 holdings are in Larsen & Toubro Ltd., ICICI Bank Ltd., Reliance Industries Ltd., Interglobe Aviation Ltd., Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd..

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Fund AUM	2,857 Cr as on May 31, 2025
Scheme document	View Scheme Document

Fund managers

Ajay Argal

Mr. Argal is a B.Tech from (IIT,Mumbai) & PGDM (IIM,Bangalore). Prior to joining Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt. Ltd., he has worked with Baring Asset Management (Asia) Ltd., Aditya Birla Sunlife Mutual Fund and UTI AMC where he handled various aspects of investments function including managing offshore funds, equity funds, balanced funds, equity research & equity dealing.

Kiran Sebastian

Mr. Sebastian is a MBA, University of Oxford. B.Tech, University of Calicut. Prior to joining Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund, he has worked with ARGA Investment Management (India) Pvt. Ltd.

Investment objective

The scheme aims to generate capital appreciation by investing in companies engaged either directly or indirectly in infrastructure related activities. Infrastructure related activities include development, operations, management and maintenance of various infrastructures such as transportation, energy, resources & other infrastructure.

Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund details

No. of schemes	34 view all schemes
Total AUM	1,15,641 Cr as on Jun 30, 2025
Address	Unit No.202/203/204, 2nd Floor Dalamal Tower, Plot No. 211 Free Press Journal Marg, Nariman Point Mumbai, 400013
Phone	1800-425-4255 / 60004255

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Frequently asked questions

What is the current NAV of Franklin Build India Fund?

The current Net Asset Value (NAV) of the Franklin Build India Fund - Direct Growth plan is approximately ₹140.2755 as of Sep 03, 2025.

What are the returns of this mutual fund scheme?

The Franklin Build India Fund is a 16 yrs 1 m old fund and has delivered average annual returns of 17.8% since inception.

Franklin Build India Fund Returns

1-Year	3-Year	5-Year	10-Year	Since Inception
-3.86%	26.91%	32.13%	17.81%	17.8%

How much does this mutual fund charge as expense ratio?

The Franklin Build India Fund - Direct Growth has an expense ratio of 1.99%, which reflects the fund's management and operating costs. This percentage is subtracted from the fund's annual returns, impacting net returns for investors.

What is the AUM or fund size of this mutual fund?

The Franklin Build India Fund currently has assets under management (AUM) or fund size valued at approximately 2,857 Cr as on May 31, 2025.

What are the top stock holdings of Franklin Build India Fund?

The Franklin Build India Fund has invested the majority of its money in the stocks of the following companies -

Company	Percentage of Portfolio
Larsen & Toubro Ltd.	8.55%
ICICI Bank Ltd.	6.07%
Reliance Industries Ltd.	5.97%
Interglobe Aviation Ltd.	5.6%
Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.	5.03%
NTPC Ltd.	4.82%
Bharti Airtel Ltd.	4.61%
Axis Bank Ltd.	4.17%
Power Grid Corporation Of India Ltd.	3.65%
Tata Power Company Ltd.	2.75%

What are the top sectors Franklin Build India Fund has invested in?

The Franklin Build India Fund has primarily invested in the following sectors

Sector	Percentage of Portfolio
Energy	25.21%
Capital Goods	15.61%
Construction	14.18%
Financial	11.870000000000001%
Services	11.69%
Communication	6.53%
Metals & Mining	4.35%
Materials	3.41%
Consumer Discretionary	1.82%
Automobile	1.04%

What is risk level of Franklin Build India Fund?

This is a Sectoral-infrastructure fund comes with Very High risk.

Is there any lock-in period in this mutual fund?

No, this fund does not have any lock-in period.

How do I invest in Franklin Build India Fund?

Franklin Build India Fund-Growth is the regular plan of the fund. For this plan of you pay 1.99% as annual charges. On the other hand if you go for the direct plan available on ET Money, you pay 0.95%. That's 1.04% less.

Regular plans charge more because when you buy them, the fund pays commission to the agent. This is an additional expense for the fund and to cover this expense, the fund takes a bigger share from the returns generated by your investments.

So, the lower annual cost of the direct plan means you will earn 1.04% if you opt for direct plan of Franklin Build India Fund

How can I redeem my investments in Franklin Build India Fund?

Redeeming your investments in Franklin Build India Fund is super easy. If you have invested in this fund via ET Money, just login into the app, go to the investment section and put the redemption request.

If you have invested in Franklin Build India Fund from anywhere else, you can go to the fund house website and put a request through it.

ET Money rank

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in Sectoral-Infrastructure

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Return Outperformance: This fund has generated highest return amongst Sectoral-Infrastructure funds in the last 10 Years.
Chance: This fund has generated a 13.99% annual return in 70% of times for investors holding for at least 5 years.
Return/Risk: The fund is performing poorly than its category.
Exit Load: Exit load of 1% if redeemed within 1 year