Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund

IndexDirect and Regular plans, Growth and IDCW options

Data as on 30-10-2026

Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund is a mutual fund run by Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund. On 30-09-2026, it managed ₹1,409 Cr of investors' money. In the year to 30-10-2026, its Direct plan returned 8.2% and its Regular plan returned 7.4%. Its benchmark, Nifty India Defence TRI, returned 8.7% over the same year.

NAV (Direct plan): ₹12.46; ▼ 2.01%30-10-2026
NAV (Regular plan): ₹12.26; ▼ 2.01%30-10-2026
Expense ratio: 0.46%Direct1.15%Regular; 0.46%; A year
Riskometer: Very High; Set by the fund house
1 year return: 8.2%Direct7.4%Regular; 8.2%; Total

Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund NAV Today

NAV on 30-10-2026: Direct Plan Growth ₹12.46 (down 2.01% that day); Regular Plan Growth ₹12.26 (down 2.01% that day).

This fund (Direct plan)

₹12.4587

Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund Returns vs Nifty India Defence TRI

Returns as on 30-10-2026. Up to one year they are absolute returns. Longer periods are a rate per year.

Trailing returns
Period	1M	3M	6M	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
This fund (Direct)	−6.22%	−5.24%	−2.98%	+8.20%	--	--	--
This fund (Regular)	−6.28%	−5.41%	−3.31%	+7.43%	--	--	--
Nifty India Defence TRI	−6.17%	−5.16%	−2.83%	+8.66%	+40.93%	--	--
Category average	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Best in category	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Worst in category	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Rank in category	--	--	--	--	--	--	--

No category comparison is shown: this fund's category is too broad to compare, or has fewer than five funds.

Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund Year-wise Returns

Return of each calendar year
Year	Direct	Regular	Nifty India Defence TRI
2026to date	+12.49%	+11.84%	+12.90%
2025	+19.16%	+18.28%	+19.98%

Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund Rolling Returns

The return of every holding period in the fund's history, not only the one that ends today

Rolling returns

Each point is the yearly return of one 1-year holding period, plotted on the day it ended. There are 286 periods, one for each trading day from 02-09-2025 to 30-10-2026.

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Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund (Direct)Nifty India Defence TRI

Every holding period at a glance

Period	Periods	Median	Lowest	Highest	With a loss	Benchmark median	Beat benchmark
1 year	286	20.4%	−0.1%	59.3%	1%	21.3%	0%
2 years	39	17.8%	15.4%	21.4%	0%	18.6%	0%

Lumpsum: the yearly rate (CAGR) from the NAV on a period's first day to the NAV on its last. SIP: the XIRR of the monthly instalments and their value on the last day. "With a loss" counts the periods that ended below the money put in. "Beat benchmark" counts the periods in which the fund did better than Nifty India Defence TRI over the same days. Past returns do not promise future returns.

Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund Risk

How much it swings, and the falls an investor had to sit through

Risk and return

Measure	Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund (Direct)This fund	Nifty India Defence TRI
Return (CAGR)	+8.20%	+8.66%
Standard deviation	24.61%	24.74%
Sharpe ratio	0.12	0.14
Sortino ratio	0.17	0.19
Maximum drawdown	−15.4% (31-03-2026)	−15.4% (30-03-2026)
Beta	1.00	1.00
Alpha	−0.46%	0.00%

From daily NAVs, 30-10-2025 to 30-10-2026. Standard deviation: how much the daily value swings, scaled to a year. Sharpe: return above the risk-free rate (NSE's overnight rate index) per unit of swing. Sortino: the same, counting only the falls. Beta: 1 moves with the benchmark, below 1 moves less. Alpha: return beyond what its beta explains, a year.

Measure	Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund (Direct)This fund	Nifty India Defence TRI
Return (CAGR)	+11.08%	+11.81%
Standard deviation	27.48%	27.36%
Sharpe ratio	0.20	0.22
Sortino ratio	0.28	0.32
Maximum drawdown	−27.8% (18-02-2025)	−27.4% (18-02-2025)
Beta	1.00	1.00
Alpha	−0.73%	0.00%

From daily NAVs, 02-09-2024 to 30-10-2026. Standard deviation: how much the daily value swings, scaled to a year. Sharpe: return above the risk-free rate (NSE's overnight rate index) per unit of swing. Sortino: the same, counting only the falls. Beta: 1 moves with the benchmark, below 1 moves less. Alpha: return beyond what its beta explains, a year.

Drawdowns

How far below its previous high each one was on every day: the falls an investor had to sit through. 0% means it was at a new high.

−30%−25%−20%−15%−10%−5%0%

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Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund (Direct)Nifty India Defence TRI

	Worst fall	High before it	Bottom	Back at the high	Time to climb back	Below its high today
Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund (Direct)	−27.8%	04-09-2024	18-02-2025	29-04-2025	2 months	−13.0%
Nifty India Defence TRI	−27.4%	04-09-2024	18-02-2025	29-04-2025	2 months	−12.9%

From the Direct plan's daily NAV since 02-09-2024, adjusted for unit splits, and Nifty India Defence TRI over the same days. "Time to climb back" runs from the bottom to the first day back at the old high.

Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund Expense Ratio and Costs

What each plan charges a year, in force from 01-10-2026

Plan	Base expense ratio	Brokerage	Transaction costs	Levies and GST	Total expense ratio
Direct	0.28%	0.01%	0.00%	0.17%	0.46%
Regular	0.89%	0.01%	0.00%	0.25%	1.15%

The expense ratio comes out of the fund's assets every day, so every return on this page is already after it. Base expense ratio: the fund house's own fee. The total adds brokerage, the cost of executing trades, and statutory levies with GST. From AMFI's expense ratio file.

Direct vs Regular: what the gap cost

Both plans own the same portfolio, so the difference in what they earned is the Regular plan's extra cost, taken out of its NAV.

Over the last	Regular	Direct	Direct earned more by	₹1 lakh became (Regular)	₹1 lakh became (Direct)
1 year	7.43%	8.20%	0.77%	₹1,07,430	₹1,08,200

Returns over more than 1 year are a rate a year (CAGR). ₹1 lakh invested once at the start of each period, valued on the last NAV.

Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund SIP Calculator

What a one-time or monthly investment in this fund would be worth today, from its own NAV history

Growth of an investment

Every month₹

Step up each year

PeriodFor

₹10,000 on the first trading day of every month, from 02-09-2024 to 30-10-2026: 26 instalments, ₹2,60,000 in all.

Investment	Invested	Value now	Gain	Return a year
Direct planAditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund (Direct)	₹2,60,000	₹2,99,326	₹39,326	13.1%
Regular planAditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund (Regular)	₹2,60,000	₹2,96,761	₹36,761	12.3%
Nifty India Defence TRI	₹2,60,000	₹3,00,265	₹40,265	13.4%

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Direct planAditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund (Direct)Regular planAditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund (Regular)Nifty India Defence TRIAmount invested

From each plan's published NAV (Growth option), the benchmark's TRI, over the same days. Return a year: XIRR for a SIP, CAGR for a lumpsum, shown for a year or more. It does not include exit load, stamp duty or tax. Past returns do not promise future returns.

Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund Asset Allocation

Asset allocation as on 30-09-2026

What the fund holds

99.0%Equity

Asset	Fund
Equity	99.0%
Cash and others	1.0%

Market cap of stocks

Market cap	Fund
Large Cap	51.5%
Mid Cap	23.0%
Small Cap	24.4%

Share of the whole fund. Groups follow AMFI's latest list, as SEBI defines them: Large Cap is the 100 largest companies, Mid Cap the next 150, Small Cap the rest.

Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund Sector Allocation

Sector allocation of the fund's stocks as on 30-09-2026

Largest sectors

Aerospace & Defense59.4%
Auto Components13.3%
Chemicals & Petrochemicals11.9%
Industrial Manufacturing8.5%
Electrical Equipment4.0%
Agricultural, Commercial & Construction Vehicles1.9%

Sector changes

Sector	July 2026	August 2026	September 2026	Change
Aerospace & Defense	59.5%	59.4%	59.4%	−0.2%
Auto Components	15.2%	13.9%	13.3%	−1.9%
Chemicals & Petrochemicals	11.6%	12.2%	11.9%	+0.3%
Industrial Manufacturing	8.8%	9.0%	8.5%	−0.3%
Electrical Equipment	3.2%	3.8%	4.0%	+0.8%

Each sector's share of the fund at the end of each month. The five largest sectors of September 2026. Change: from July 2026 to September 2026, in % of the fund.

Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund Portfolio Holdings

As on 30-09-2026 · 22 holdings · from the fund house's monthly portfolio

Holdings	Sector	Weight%	1M change
Bharat Electronics Ltd.	Aerospace & Defense	19.96%	+10.1%
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.	Aerospace & Defense	19.68%	−4.7%
Bharat Forge Ltd.	Auto Components	13.28%	+5.1%
Solar Industries India Ltd.	Chemicals & Petrochemicals	11.91%	+0.8%
MTAR technologies Ltd.	Electrical Equipment	4.00%	−2.9%
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd.	Industrial Manufacturing	3.98%	+0.8%
Astra Microwave Products Ltd.	Aerospace & Defense	3.44%	+0.8%
Data Patterns (India) Ltd.	Aerospace & Defense	3.23%	+1.5%
Cochin Shipyard Ltd.	Industrial Manufacturing	3.16%	+15.2%
Bharat Dynamics Ltd.	Aerospace & Defense	2.54%	+0.8%
BEML Ltd.	Agricultural, Commercial & Construction Vehicles	1.89%	+0.8%
Zen Technologies Ltd.	Aerospace & Defense	1.84%	+0.8%
Apollo Micro Systems Ltd.	Aerospace & Defense	1.64%	+2.1%
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd.	Aerospace & Defense	1.59%	+0.8%
Dynamatic Technologies Ltd.	Industrial Manufacturing	1.33%	+0.8%
Paras Defence And Space Technologies Ltd.	Aerospace & Defense	1.16%	+0.8%
Aequs Ltd.	Aerospace & Defense	1.14%	+44.7%
AXISCADES Technologies Ltd.	Aerospace & Defense	0.99%	+0.8%
Centum Electronics Ltd.	Aerospace & Defense	0.92%	New
Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd.	Aerospace & Defense	0.53%	+0.8%
Sigma Advanced Systems Ltd.	Aerospace & Defense	0.38%	New
Unimech Aerospace and Manufacturing Ltd.	Aerospace & Defense	0.38%	New

Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund Stocks Bought and Sold

All changes are between August 2026 and September 2026

Stocks bought and sold in September 2026

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.	Reduced	−4.7%	19.68%
Bharat Electronics Ltd.	Added	+10.1%	19.96%
Bharat Forge Ltd.	Added	+5.1%	13.28%
Solar Industries India Ltd.	Added	+0.8%	11.91%
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd.	Added	+0.8%	3.98%
MTAR technologies Ltd.	Reduced	−2.9%	4.00%
Astra Microwave Products Ltd.	Added	+0.8%	3.44%
Data Patterns (India) Ltd.	Added	+1.5%	3.23%
Cochin Shipyard Ltd.	Added	+15.2%	3.16%
Bharat Dynamics Ltd.	Added	+0.8%	2.54%
Zen Technologies Ltd.	Added	+0.8%	1.84%
BEML Ltd.	Added	+0.8%	1.89%
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd.	Added	+0.8%	1.59%
Apollo Micro Systems Ltd.	Added	+2.1%	1.64%
Dynamatic Technologies Ltd.	Added	+0.8%	1.33%
Paras Defence And Space Technologies Ltd.	Added	+0.8%	1.16%
Aequs Ltd.	Added	+44.7%	1.14%
AXISCADES Technologies Ltd.	Added	+0.8%	0.99%
Centum Electronics Ltd.	New	New	0.92%
Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd.	Added	+0.8%	0.53%
Sigma Advanced Systems Ltd.	New	New	0.38%
Unimech Aerospace and Manufacturing Ltd.	New	New	0.38%

A change is counted by the number of shares the fund holds, not by price. A stock can become a smaller part of the fund in a month when the fund bought more of it, if its price fell. Debt papers are left out.

What Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund bought and sold

Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund Portfolio Overlap

Funds with the most similar portfolios, across every fund house and category

Fund	Overlap	Holdings in common
Motilal Oswal Nifty India Defence Index FundIndex · Motilal Oswal	98.9%	22	Compare
Groww Nifty India Defence ETFETF · Groww	98.9%	22	Compare
Motilal Oswal Nifty India Defence ETFETF · Motilal Oswal	98.9%	22	Compare
Axis Nifty India Defence Index FundIndex · Axis	98.7%	22	Compare
Mirae Asset BSE India Defence ETFETF · Mirae Asset	72.6%	20	Compare
HDFC Defence FundThematic · HDFC	69.1%	13	Compare
CPSE ETFETF · Nippon India	21.9%	2	Compare
Invesco India PSU Equity FundThematic · Invesco	20.1%	5	Compare

Overlap: for each holding both funds own, the smaller of its two weights, added up. 40% means 40% of each fund's money sits in positions the other also holds. From each fund's latest monthly portfolio, matched by ISIN. Cash and hedged positions are left out. Funds that overlap under 10% are not listed. A high overlap does not make two funds the same: their costs, lock-in and category can differ.

Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund Overview

Fund facts from the scheme summary document, as on 16-10-2026

Expense ratio (Direct): 0.46%
Expense ratio (Regular): 1.15%
Category: Index
Risk: Very High
Benchmark: Nifty India Defence TRI
Launch date: 30-08-2024
Minimum investment: ₹500
Minimum additional investment: ₹500
AUM: ₹1,409.38 Cr (30-09-2026)
Lock in: None
Scheme code (Direct): 152798
ISIN (Direct): INF209KC1183
Scheme code (Regular): 152800
ISIN (Regular): INF209KC1159
NAV history: From 02-09-2024, 2.2 years

Exit load: Exit load of 0.05%, if redeemed within 30 days.

Tax on Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund returns

Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund is taxed as an equity fund: 65% or more of it is in Indian stocks.
Units sold within 1 year: the gain is taxed at 20%.
Units held longer: gains above ₹1.25 lakh in a financial year, across all your equity funds and shares, are taxed at 12.5%.
IDCW (dividend) payouts are added to your income and taxed at your slab rate.
A stamp duty of 0.005% is deducted when you invest.

Rules in force from 23-07-2024 (Finance Act 2024). Tax depends on your own income; this is general information, not tax advice.

All plans and options

Plan	Option	NAV	As on
direct	Growth	₹12.4587	30-10-2026
direct	IDCW Payout	₹12.4592	30-10-2026
regular	Growth	₹12.264	30-10-2026
regular	IDCW Payout	₹12.2616	30-10-2026

About Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund

Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund is a mutual fund from Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund. Its category is Index. It was launched on 30-08-2024. Its benchmark is Nifty India Defence TRI. At the end of September 2026 it held 22 securities.

Fund Manager

Priya Sridhar
Fund manager of Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund, since 31-12-2024
Mehul Dama
Fund manager of Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund, since 07-07-2026

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AUM change

September 2026: ₹1,409.38 Cr; +0.80% from August 2026
August 2026: ₹1,398.18 Cr; +8.89% from July 2026
July 2026: ₹1,283.99 Cr; +1.15% from June 2026

AUM moves with money invested or taken out, and with the value of what the fund holds.

Compare Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund with Other Funds

Returns, risk, costs and the stocks they share, side by side

Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index vs Motilal Oswal Nifty India Defence Index98.9% overlap
Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index vs Groww Nifty India Defence ETF98.9% overlap
Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index vs Motilal Oswal Nifty India Defence ETF98.9% overlap
Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index vs Axis Nifty India Defence Index98.7% overlap
Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index vs Mirae Asset BSE India Defence ETF72.6% overlap
Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index vs HDFC Defence69.1% overlap
Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index vs CPSE ETF21.9% overlap
Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index vs Invesco India PSU Equity20.1% overlap

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Frequently Asked Questions for Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund

What is the current NAV of Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund?

The Direct plan NAV is ₹12.4587. The Regular plan NAV is ₹12.264, as on 30-10-2026.

What are the returns of Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund?

The Direct plan returned +8.20% in 1 year. The Regular plan returned +7.43% in 1 year. These figures are as on 30-10-2026.

What is the expense ratio of Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund?

The Direct plan charges 0.46% a year. The Regular plan charges 1.15% a year. This is the figure the fund house reported to AMFI, in force from 01-10-2026.

What is the AUM of Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund?

Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund managed ₹1,409.38 Cr on 30-09-2026, as its fund house reported in its monthly portfolio.

What are the top holdings of Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund?

At the end of September 2026 the largest holdings were BEL (19.96%), HAL (19.68%), BHARATFORG (13.28%), SOLARINDS (11.91%), MTARTECH-BE (4.00%). The fund held 22 securities in all.

What did Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund buy and sell in September 2026?

It bought 3 new stocks: Unimech Aerospace and Manufacturing Ltd, Centum Electronics Ltd, Sigma Advanced Systems Ltd. It added shares in 17. It reduced 2.

How do I invest in Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund?

Through Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund's website or app, a mutual fund distributor, or an investment platform. Choose the Direct plan to pay no distributor commission, or the Regular plan to invest through a distributor. The first investment is at least ₹500. You can invest once or through a monthly SIP.

Who is the fund manager of Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund?

Priya Sridhar (since 31-12-2024), Mehul Dama (since 07-07-2026).

Sources: NAV and expense ratio from AMFI. Holdings from the fund house's monthly portfolio statement. Fund facts from its scheme summary document, as on 16-10-2026.

This page is information, not investment advice. Mutual fund investments are subject to market risks; read all scheme related documents carefully. Past returns do not promise future returns. Figures come from AMFI, NSE, BSE and each fund house's own documents.