Should I invest in BANDHAN Nifty 50 Index Fund?

We don't give personal investment advice. BANDHAN Nifty 50 Index Fund - Regular Plan - Growth is suitable for an investor whose:understands what asset class this scheme actually invests in (check the factsheet)matches that asset class's volatility profile to their goal horizonCross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 16.6%. 5-year CAGR: 9.69%.

Bandhan

BANDHAN Nifty 50 Index Fund - Regular Plan - Growth

Latest NAV

₹52.5890

As of

17 Jul 2026

4,004 NAV records on file

NAV history & peer comparison

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Returns matrix

Fund return alongside the category average and peer rank for every standard window. Returns under one year are absolute; one year and longer are compound annualised (CAGR).

Window	Fund	Category avg	+/− vs avg	Rank	Quartile
1D	+1.10%	+0.18%	+0.92	41 / 291	Q1
1W	+0.54%	-0.08%	+0.63	40 / 291	Q1
2W	+0.30%	+0.22%	+0.09	78 / 291	Q2
1M	+1.31%	+0.71%	+0.60	78 / 291	Q2
3M	+0.35%	+2.09%	-1.74	241 / 288	Q4
6M	-4.99%	+1.30%	-6.29	246 / 276	Q4
YTD	-6.60%	+0.50%	-7.10	250 / 275	Q4
1Y	-2.60%	+2.18%	-4.78	216 / 261	Q4
2Y	-0.09%	+2.95%	-3.05	120 / 167	Q3
3Y	+7.74%	+10.34%	-2.59	58 / 130	Q2
4Y	+11.09%	+12.76%	-1.67	36 / 58	Q3
5Y	+9.69%	+11.48%	-1.79	20 / 25	Q4
7Y	+12.11%	+13.65%	-1.54	5 / 6	Q4
10Y	+11.81%	+11.54%	+0.27	1 / 2	Q2
Inception	+10.86%	+6.61%	+4.25	69 / 291	Q1

Quartile legend: Q1 top 25% Q2 25-50% Q3 50-75% Q4 bottom 25%

Calendar-year returns

Full-year performance vs category average. Current year is partial (year-to-date).

Year	Fund	Category avg	+/− vs avg	Rank
2026 YTD	-6.60%	+0.47%	-7.07	248 / 273
2025	+10.72%	+5.14%	+5.57	33 / 211
2024	+9.16%	+13.66%	-4.50	76 / 136
2023	+19.98%	+20.09%	-0.11	45 / 94
2022	+5.37%	+1.07%	+4.31	3 / 31
2021	+24.09%	+28.77%	-4.69	10 / 12
2020	+16.08%	+15.26%	+0.82	2 / 9
2019	+12.39%	+6.70%	+5.69	1 / 4
2018	+5.38%	+2.25%	+3.13	2 / 3
2017	+28.40%	+27.29%	+1.11	1 / 2
2016	+3.70%	+3.16%	+0.54	1 / 2

Rolling returns

Removes start-date bias by averaging CAGR over every overlapping N-year window in the fund's history. Higher average plus tight min/max plus high "% positive" = consistent.

1-Year rolling

+12.29%

186 windows

min -23.8% · max 63.2%

81% positive

3-Year rolling

+12.82%

161 windows

min -0.9% · max 29.6%

99% positive

5-Year rolling

+12.67%

137 windows

min 1.4% · max 23.8%

100% positive

7-Year rolling

+12.35%

113 windows

min 6.5% · max 15.9%

100% positive

SIP returns — historical "what if"

If you had invested every month in this fund over the chosen period, this is what your investment would be worth today.

Period

Total invested

₹ —

Today's value

₹ —

XIRR

Annualised

Wealth multiplier

Period	Total invested	Today's value	XIRR	Wealth multiplier

XIRR is the annualised internal rate of return on the SIP cash flow — invariant to the monthly amount. "Today's value" and "Total invested" scale linearly with the slider. Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Excludes exit load and taxes.

Risk profile

Risk-adjusted return and volatility, computed from monthly NAV returns over the trailing 3-year and 5-year windows.

Std deviation

11.26%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

0.15

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

0.24

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-15.71%

Sep 2024 → Mar 2025

% positive months

58.3%

Share of monthly returns > 0 over the 3-year window

Sharpe / Sortino use a risk-free rate of 6.5% (1-year T-bill proxy). Higher Sharpe = more return per unit of total risk; higher Sortino = more return per unit of downside risk.

Peers in Index Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC BSE 500 Index Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option	HDFC	₹15.4717	17 Jul 2026
Nippon India BSE Sensex Next 30 Index Fund - Regular Plan-Growth Option	Nippon India	₹10.8037	17 Jul 2026
SBI BSE Sensex Index Fund - Regular Plan - Growth	SBI	₹12.7899	17 Jul 2026
Invesco India BSE Sensex Index Fund - Regular Plan - Growth	Invesco	₹10.2392	17 Jul 2026
BANDHAN NIFTY 100 INDEX FUND - REGULAR PLAN - GROWTH	Bandhan	₹14.8671	17 Jul 2026
Motilal Oswal Nifty 50 Index Fund - Regular plan - Growth	Motilal Oswal	₹20.6459	17 Jul 2026
Mirae Asset Nifty 50 Index Fund - Regular Plan - Growth	Mirae Asset	₹10.0288	17 Jul 2026
Kotak BSE Sensex Index Fund - Regular - Growth	Kotak	₹10.4040	17 Jul 2026
Edelweiss Nifty 50 Index Fund Regular Plan Growth	Edelweiss	₹13.9068	17 Jul 2026
DSP BSE SENSEX Next 30 Index Fund - Regular - Growth	DSP	₹11.9488	17 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
17 Jul 2026	₹52.5890
16 Jul 2026	₹52.0185
15 Jul 2026	₹52.0318
14 Jul 2026	₹51.9701
13 Jul 2026	₹52.3133
10 Jul 2026	₹52.3043
9 Jul 2026	₹51.7702
8 Jul 2026	₹51.5946
7 Jul 2026	₹52.7079
6 Jul 2026	₹52.7713

Frequently asked questions

These answers are generated from this fund's live metrics — NAV, returns, peer rank, drawdown, SIP backtest. Numbers refresh nightly after AMFI's NAV feed lands.

As of 17 Jul 2026, the NAV of BANDHAN Nifty 50 Index Fund - Regular Plan - Growth is ₹52.5890. It's a Index Fund from Bandhan, run as a Regular plan Growth option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

BANDHAN Nifty 50 Index Fund - Regular Plan - Growth has NAV history starting from 03 May 2010, a track record of about 16 years 2 months. Long-tenured funds like this have weathered multiple market cycles — the 2008 crash, 2013 taper tantrum, 2020 COVID drawdown — which makes their returns more credible than a 3-year track record alone.

BANDHAN Nifty 50 Index Fund - Regular Plan - Growth is managed by Bandhan. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Index Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, BANDHAN Nifty 50 Index Fund - Regular Plan - Growth has delivered a absolute return of -2.60% — -4.78 pp behind the Index Fund category average of 2.18%. The fund ranks #216 of 261 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, BANDHAN Nifty 50 Index Fund - Regular Plan - Growth has delivered a CAGR of 7.74% — -2.59 pp behind the Index Fund category average of 10.34%. The fund ranks #58 of 130 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, BANDHAN Nifty 50 Index Fund - Regular Plan - Growth has delivered a CAGR of 9.69% — -1.79 pp behind the Index Fund category average of 11.48%. The fund ranks #20 of 25 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in BANDHAN Nifty 50 Index Fund - Regular Plan - Growth exactly 10 years ago would be worth approximately ₹305,318 today — a multiplier of 3.05×, based on the 10-year CAGR of 11.81%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹297,958.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in BANDHAN Nifty 50 Index Fund - Regular Plan - Growth over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹722,918 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 7.39%.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP for 10 years in BANDHAN Nifty 50 Index Fund - Regular Plan - Growth = ₹1,200,000 invested. It would currently be worth ₹2,164,554 (multiplier 1.80×). XIRR: 11.35%. Long-horizon SIP results matter more than point-to-point returns because they smooth out entry timing.

On a 5-year basis, BANDHAN Nifty 50 Index Fund - Regular Plan - Growth ranks #20 out of 25 funds in the Index Fund category — that places it in the bottom quartile (Q4) — material underperformance. The category average return over the same window is 11.48%; this fund delivered 9.69%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline BANDHAN Nifty 50 Index Fund - Regular Plan - Growth has experienced over the last 5-year window is 16.56% — its NAV fell from a high on 18 Oct 2021 to a low on 17 Jun 2022. Drawdown is a useful gauge of how much short-term pain you'd have endured to capture the long-term return.

Across all 5-year rolling windows, BANDHAN Nifty 50 Index Fund - Regular Plan - Growth averaged 12.67% (best 23.75%, worst 1.43%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is 0.26 — weak risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, BANDHAN Nifty 50 Index Fund - Regular Plan - Growth returned 10.72% — beating the Index Fund category average of 5.14% by 5.57 pp. It ranked #33 of 211 in its category that year.

BANDHAN Nifty 50 Index Fund - Regular Plan - Growth doesn't fit cleanly into the standard Equity/Debt buckets in our taxonomy. Tax treatment depends on actual asset allocation as disclosed by the AMC — check the factsheet or AMFI's classification table.

We don't give personal investment advice. BANDHAN Nifty 50 Index Fund - Regular Plan - Growth is suitable for an investor whose:

understands what asset class this scheme actually invests in (check the factsheet)
matches that asset class's volatility profile to their goal horizon

Cross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 16.6%. 5-year CAGR: 9.69%.

Educational content only — not investment advice. Tax rules summarised above reflect Budget 2024; consult a qualified adviser before transacting.