PGIM India Gilt Fund - Growth

Q: What are the returns of PGIM India Gilt Fund?

The PGIM India Gilt Fund is a 16 yrs 11 m old fund and has delivered average annual returns of 6.73% since inception. PGIM India Gilt Fund Returns 1-Year 3-Year 5-Year 10-Year Since Inception 4.42% 6.36% 4.9% 6.68% 6.73%

NAV as of Sep 03, 2025	Returns since inception	ET Money Rank	AUM (Fund size)
₹29.8817+0.38% 1 day change	6.73% p.a.	App exclusive #NA View Ranked Funds	₹117 Cr

Historical NAV & returns

NAV: ₹29.8817 as on Sep 03, 2025

This fund Category average

PGIM India Gilt Fund overview

Expense ratio	1.38% as on Aug 31, 2025
Plan type	Regular
Exit load	0%
AUM (Fund size)	₹117 Cr
Lock-in Period	Nil
Age	16 yrs 11 m since Oct 07, 2008
Benchmark	CRISIL Dynamic Gilt Index
Min. investment	This scheme is currently not buyable
Risk	Moderate
Tax on your gains	Profits are added to your income and taxed as per your slab rate

PGIM India Gilt 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	-1.73%	-1.93%
3 Months	-2.5%	-2.74%
6 Months	2.25%	2.15%
1 Year	4.42%	4.25%
2 Years	6.77%	6.62%
3 Years	6.36%	6.47%
4 Years	5.07%	5.2%
5 Years	4.9%	4.99%
7 Years	6.64%	7.11%
10 Years	6.68%	6.98%

Asset allocationas on May 31, 2025

Large Cap 0%

Mid Cap 0%

Small Cap 0%

Other Cap 0%

Top holdings

Bifurcation by Holding is not available for this fund

Top sectors

Bifurcation by Sector is not available for this fund

SOV 95.79%

Cash & Call Money 4.20999999%

Top Debt Holdings

GOI 12.1%

Others 2.73%

Reserve Bank of India 0.53%

Allocation by Instruments

Bifurcation by Instrument is not available for this fund

Other Holdings

Others 1.48%

Detailed portfolio analysis

Peer comparison

Fund name	ETM Rank	AUM	Fund age	Expense ratio
PGIM India Gilt Fund	N.A.	117 Cr	16 yrs 11 m	1.38%
SBI Magnum Gilt Fund	N.A.	12,573 Cr	24 yrs 8 m	0.94%
Axis Gilt Fund	N.A.	836 Cr	13 yrs 7 m	0.82%
DSP Gilt Fund	N.A.	1,904 Cr	25 yrs 11 m	1.15%
ICICI Prudential Gilt Fund	N.A.	7,347 Cr	26 yrs 1 m	1.09%

Fund name	1M	6M	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
PGIM India Gilt Fund	-1.73%	2.25%	4.42%	6.36%	4.9%	6.68%
SBI Magnum Gilt Fund	-1.45%	2.72%	4.84%	7.33%	5.76%	7.79%
Axis Gilt Fund	-1.61%	2.9%	5.34%	6.97%	5.47%	7.18%
DSP Gilt Fund	-1.72%	2.88%	4.62%	7.14%	5.63%	7.65%
ICICI Prudential Gilt Fund	-1.04%	3.81%	7.12%	7.71%	6.13%	7.95%

Fund name	Std. deviation	Beta	Sharpe	Sortino
PGIM India Gilt Fund	2.92	0.81	-0.08	-0.11
SBI Magnum Gilt Fund	3.02	0.81	0.2	0.28
Axis Gilt Fund	2.97	0.8	0.12	0.19
DSP Gilt Fund	3.53	0.96	0.14	0.2
ICICI Prudential Gilt Fund	1.9	0.46	0.56	0.64

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

Alpha	-1.39 vs. 1.24 Underperformed at beating benchmark
Sharpe	-0.08 vs. 1.79 Poor risk-adjusted returns
Beta	0.81 vs. 0.34 More sensitive to market's ups & downs
Standard deviation	2.92 vs. 2.61 More volatile performance

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About this fund

About PGIM India Gilt Fund

PGIM India Gilt Fund - Growth is a Gilt mutual fund scheme from Pgim India Mutual Fund. This fund has been in existence for 16 yrs 11 m, having been launched on 07/10/2008. PGIM India Gilt Fund - Growth has ₹117 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 PGIM India Gilt Fund - Growth as of 03/09/2025 is ₹29.88. The fund has an expense ratio of 1.38%, which is higher than what most other Gilt funds charge.

PGIM India Gilt Fund - Growth returns of last 1-year are 4.62%. Since launch, it has delivered 6.71% average annual returns. The fund has doubled the money invested in it every 11 yrs.
PGIM India Gilt 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 average.
The fund's credit profile is very high indicating it has lent to borrowers whose quality is excellent. Most funds in this category lend to better borrowers and hence the risk of default in this fund is higher than the category.
The fund's top holdings are in GOI, Reserve Bank of India.

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Fund AUM	117 Cr as on May 31, 2025
Scheme document	View Scheme Document

Fund managers

Puneet Pal

Mr. Pal is a B.Com (H) and MBA from SIBM Pune. Prior to joining PGIM India Mutual Fund, he has worked with BNP Paribas AMC as Head Fixed Income, UTI AMC as Sr. Vice President & Fund Manager & TATA AMC as Fund Manager.

Bhupesh Kalyani

Mr. Kalyani is a CA, ICWA and CISA. Prior to joining PGIM India Mutual Fund, he was associated with IDBI AMC, LIC Mutual Fund, Edelweiss Mutual Fund, Tata Mutual Fund and Star Union Dai-ichi life Insurance C.o. Ltd.

Investment objective

The scheme aims to generate returns by investing in a portfolio of Central/State Government securities of various maturities.

PGIM India Mutual Fund details

No. of schemes	24 view all schemes
Total AUM	25,212 Cr as on Jun 30, 2025
Address	204, 2nd Floor, Jalaram Business Centre, Ganjawala Lane Near Chamunda Circle, Borivali (W) Mumbai, 400092
Phone	022-61593000 / 1800-266-2667

Frequently asked questions

What is the current NAV of PGIM India Gilt Fund?

The current Net Asset Value (NAV) of the PGIM India Gilt Fund - Direct Growth plan is approximately ₹29.8817 as of Sep 03, 2025.

What are the returns of this mutual fund scheme?

The PGIM India Gilt Fund is a 16 yrs 11 m old fund and has delivered average annual returns of 6.73% since inception.

PGIM India Gilt Fund Returns

1-Year	3-Year	5-Year	10-Year	Since Inception
4.42%	6.36%	4.9%	6.68%	6.73%

How much does this mutual fund charge as expense ratio?

The PGIM India Gilt Fund - Direct Growth has an expense ratio of 1.38%, 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 PGIM India Gilt Fund currently has assets under management (AUM) or fund size valued at approximately 117 Cr as on May 31, 2025.

To whom does PGIM India Gilt Fund lend to?

The top 3 debt holdings of PGIM India Gilt Fund are as follows

Holding Name	Percentage of Portfolio
GOI	12.1%
Others	2.73%
Reserve Bank of India	0.53%

What is the quality of borrowers this mutual fund scheme lends to?

The credit rating of the instruments in which the fund invests represents the quality of the borrower.

The PGIM India Gilt Fund allocation by credit quality is given below

Credit Quality	Percentage of Portfolio
SOV	95.79%
Cash & Call Money	4.20999999%

What is risk level of PGIM India Gilt Fund?

This is a Gilt fund comes with Moderate 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 PGIM India Gilt Fund?

PGIM India Gilt Fund - Growth is the regular plan of the fund. For this plan of you pay 1.38% as annual charges. On the other hand if you go for the direct plan available on ET Money, you pay 0.55%. That's 0.8299999999999998% 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 0.8299999999999998% if you opt for direct plan of PGIM India Gilt Fund

How can I redeem my investments in PGIM India Gilt Fund?

Redeeming your investments in PGIM India Gilt 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 PGIM India Gilt Fund from anywhere else, you can go to the fund house website and put a request through it.

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Volatility Protection: This fund is one of the best in protecting against volatility in it's category.
Return Outperformance: This fund has generated highest return amongst Gilt funds in the last 3 Months .
Exit Load: This fund has no exit load.
Return/Risk: The fund is performing poorly than its category.