Should I invest in Edelweiss Government Securities Fund?

We don't give personal investment advice. Edelweiss Government Securities Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option is suitable for an investor whose:time horizon matches the fund's modified duration — short-duration funds for 1-3 year goals, long-duration for 7+ yearsprimary goal is capital preservation or steady accrual, not high growthtax slab is moderate — high-slab investors should evaluate post-tax yield against tax-free alternatives (PPF, tax-free bonds)Cross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 3.4%. 5-year CAGR: 5.30%.

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Edelweiss Government Securities Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option

Latest NAV

₹25.0839

As of

17 Jul 2026

2,334 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	-0.21%	-0.20%	-0.01	3 / 7	Q2
1W	-0.42%	-0.47%	+0.05	3 / 7	Q2
2W	-0.31%	-0.41%	+0.10	2 / 7	Q2
1M	+1.57%	+1.32%	+0.25	3 / 7	Q2
3M	+2.38%	+2.08%	+0.29	3 / 7	Q2
6M	+2.71%	+2.67%	+0.04	3 / 7	Q2
YTD	+1.99%	+1.99%	+0.01	4 / 7	Q3
1Y	+1.63%	+1.52%	+0.12	4 / 7	Q3
2Y	+4.63%	+4.71%	-0.07	3 / 5	Q3
3Y	+5.84%	+5.66%	+0.18	2 / 5	Q2
4Y	+6.22%	+6.15%	+0.07	2 / 3	Q3
5Y	+5.30%	+5.63%	-0.33	2 / 2	Q4
7Y	+5.93%	+6.17%	-0.24	2 / 2	Q4
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+6.52%	+4.65%	+1.87	2 / 7	Q2

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	+1.99%	+1.99%	+0.01	4 / 7
2025	+3.90%	+3.82%	+0.08	3 / 6
2024	+10.00%	+9.02%	+0.98	2 / 5
2023	+6.01%	+6.20%	-0.19	4 / 5
2022	+2.52%	+2.45%	+0.07	1 / 2
2021	+4.11%	+3.25%	+0.86	1 / 2
2020	+13.20%	+12.93%	+0.26	1 / 2
2019	+11.02%	+11.59%	-0.57	2 / 2
2018	+6.72%	+5.93%	+0.79	1 / 2
2017	+3.67%	+1.93%	+1.74	1 / 2
2016	—	—	—	—

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

+6.90%

106 windows

min -3.2% · max 15.5%

98% positive

3-Year rolling

+7.29%

81 windows

min 4.0% · max 11.3%

100% positive

5-Year rolling

+6.97%

57 windows

min 4.5% · max 8.1%

100% positive

Limited basis — fund is young, so this average may be skewed by which 5Y windows happen to be available.

7-Year rolling

+7.35%

33 windows

min 5.9% · max 8.3%

100% positive

Limited basis — fund is young, so this average may be skewed by which 7Y windows happen to be available.

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

3.41%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

-0.21

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

-0.43

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-3.45%

May 2025 → May 2026

% positive months

66.7%

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 Gilt Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
quant Gilt Fund - Growth Option - Regular Plan	Quant	₹12.1377	17 Jul 2026
HSBC Gilt Fund - Regular Growth	HSBC	₹66.9934	17 Jul 2026
Axis Gilt Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option	Axis	₹26.7254	17 Jul 2026
Bajaj Finserv Gilt Fund - Regular - Growth	Bajaj Finserv	₹1,063.8837	17 Jul 2026
Groww Gilt Fund - Regular - Growth	Groww	₹9.8919	17 Jul 2026
Union Gilt Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option	Union	₹12.3053	17 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
17 Jul 2026	₹25.0839
16 Jul 2026	₹25.1372
15 Jul 2026	₹25.0970
14 Jul 2026	₹25.0619
13 Jul 2026	₹25.1766
10 Jul 2026	₹25.1901
9 Jul 2026	₹25.1281
8 Jul 2026	₹25.0961
7 Jul 2026	₹25.1931
6 Jul 2026	₹25.2082

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 Edelweiss Government Securities Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option is ₹25.0839. It's a Gilt Fund from Edelweiss, run as a Regular plan Growth option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

Edelweiss Government Securities Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option has NAV history starting from 28 Nov 2016, a track record of about 9 years 7 months. That's enough history to evaluate the fund across one or two market cycles. Look at rolling returns rather than point-to-point to judge consistency.

Edelweiss Government Securities Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option is managed by Edelweiss. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Gilt Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, Edelweiss Government Securities Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option has delivered a absolute return of 1.63% — +0.12 pp ahead of the Gilt Fund category average of 1.52%. The fund ranks #4 of 7 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, Edelweiss Government Securities Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option has delivered a CAGR of 5.84% — +0.18 pp ahead of the Gilt Fund category average of 5.66%. The fund ranks #2 of 5 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, Edelweiss Government Securities Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option has delivered a CAGR of 5.30% — -0.33 pp behind the Gilt Fund category average of 5.63%. The fund ranks #2 of 2 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in Edelweiss Government Securities Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option exactly 5 years ago would be worth approximately ₹129,446 today — a multiplier of 1.29×, based on the 5-year CAGR of 5.30%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹131,510.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Edelweiss Government Securities Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹688,251 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 5.43%.

Edelweiss Government Securities Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (7-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹1,025,567 — XIRR 5.62%.

On a 5-year basis, Edelweiss Government Securities Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option ranks #2 out of 2 funds in the Gilt Fund category — that places it in the bottom quartile (Q4) — material underperformance. The category average return over the same window is 5.63%; this fund delivered 5.30%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline Edelweiss Government Securities Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option has experienced over the last 5-year window is 3.45% — its NAV fell from a high on 28 May 2025 to a low on 18 May 2026. 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, Edelweiss Government Securities Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option averaged 6.97% (best 8.10%, worst 4.51%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is -0.41 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, Edelweiss Government Securities Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option returned 3.90% — beating the Gilt Fund category average of 3.82% by 0.08 pp. It ranked #3 of 6 in its category that year.

Edelweiss Government Securities Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option is classified as a Debt fund. For units acquired on or after 1 April 2023, all gains are taxed at your income-tax slab rate regardless of holding period — there's no LTCG concession or indexation. For pre-April-2023 units, the old rules with indexation still apply on long-term gains.

We don't give personal investment advice. Edelweiss Government Securities Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option is suitable for an investor whose:

time horizon matches the fund's modified duration — short-duration funds for 1-3 year goals, long-duration for 7+ years
primary goal is capital preservation or steady accrual, not high growth
tax slab is moderate — high-slab investors should evaluate post-tax yield against tax-free alternatives (PPF, tax-free bonds)

Cross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 3.4%. 5-year CAGR: 5.30%.

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

Edelweiss Government Securities Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option

NAV history & peer comparison

Returns matrix

Calendar-year returns

Rolling returns

SIP returns — historical "what if"

Risk profile

Peers in Gilt Fund

Recent NAVs

Frequently asked questions

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