Should I invest in LIC MF Short Duration Fund?

We don't give personal investment advice. LIC MF Short Duration Fund-Regular Plan-IDCW 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: 1.2%. 5-year CAGR: 5.32%.

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LIC MF Short Duration Fund-Regular Plan-IDCW

Latest NAV

₹15.3722

As of

17 Jul 2026

1,802 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	-0.01%	+0.01%	-0.02	42 / 49	Q4
1W	-0.06%	-0.02%	-0.04	42 / 49	Q4
2W	-0.12%	-0.07%	-0.04	34 / 49	Q3
1M	+0.57%	+0.14%	+0.43	20 / 49	Q2
3M	+1.76%	+0.97%	+0.79	10 / 49	Q1
6M	+2.99%	+1.27%	+1.72	10 / 49	Q1
YTD	+2.80%	+1.12%	+1.68	9 / 49	Q1
1Y	+4.66%	+2.14%	+2.52	16 / 49	Q2
2Y	+6.66%	+3.26%	+3.40	14 / 48	Q2
3Y	+6.61%	+3.35%	+3.25	13 / 46	Q2
4Y	+6.34%	+3.62%	+2.72	14 / 37	Q2
5Y	+5.32%	+3.31%	+2.01	14 / 35	Q2
7Y	+5.56%	+2.97%	+2.59	12 / 29	Q2
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+5.96%	+2.91%	+3.04	12 / 49	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	+2.80%	+0.76%	+2.03	6 / 41
2025	+7.04%	+3.43%	+3.60	11 / 44
2024	+7.42%	+3.72%	+3.70	15 / 46
2023	+6.17%	+3.07%	+3.10	12 / 44
2022	+2.03%	+2.80%	-0.76	14 / 40
2021	+2.18%	+1.23%	+0.95	14 / 29
2020	+8.21%	+4.49%	+3.72	10 / 31
2019	—	—	—	—

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

+5.66%

79 windows

min 1.0% · max 9.5%

100% positive

3-Year rolling

+5.08%

55 windows

min 3.3% · max 7.1%

100% positive

Limited basis — fund is young, so this average may be skewed by which 3Y windows happen to be available.

5-Year rolling

+5.21%

31 windows

min 5.0% · max 5.7%

100% positive

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

7-Year rolling

+5.72%

6 windows

min 5.6% · max 5.9%

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

1.39%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

-0.05

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

—

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-0.83%

Mar 2026 → Apr 2026

% positive months

91.7%

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 Short Duration Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
Invesco India Short Duration Fund - Regular Plan - Daily IDCW (Reinvestment)	Invesco	₹1,034.9007	17 Jul 2026
Bandhan Short Duration Fund - Regular Plan - Annual IDCW	Bandhan	₹10.8583	17 Jul 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Short Term Fund - REGULAR - Quarterly IDCW	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹10.4222	17 Jul 2026
Mirae Asset Short Duration Fund - Regular Plan - IDCW	Mirae Asset	₹16.5630	17 Jul 2026
Kotak Bond Short Term Plan - Regular Plan - Normal Dividend	Kotak	₹12.2090	17 Jul 2026
HSBC Short Duration Fund - Regular Plan - Monthly IDCW	HSBC	₹11.0829	17 Jul 2026
Baroda BNP Paribas Short Duration Fund - Regular Plan - Monthly IDCW Option	Baroda BNP Paribas	₹10.1848	17 Jul 2026
CANARA ROBECO SHORT DURATION FUND - REGULAR PLAN - MONTHLY IDCW (Payout/Reinvestment)	Canara Robeco	₹15.8038	17 Jul 2026
UTI Short Duration Fund - Regular Plan - Annual IDCW	UTI	₹14.8347	17 Jul 2026
Axis Short Duration Fund - Regular Plan - Monthly IDCW	Axis	₹10.0936	17 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
17 Jul 2026	₹15.3722
16 Jul 2026	₹15.3732
15 Jul 2026	₹15.3672
14 Jul 2026	₹15.3589
13 Jul 2026	₹15.3830
10 Jul 2026	₹15.3813
9 Jul 2026	₹15.3662
8 Jul 2026	₹15.3665
7 Jul 2026	₹15.3920
6 Jul 2026	₹15.3955

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 LIC MF Short Duration Fund-Regular Plan-IDCW is ₹15.3722. It's a Short Duration Fund from LIC, run as a Regular plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

LIC MF Short Duration Fund-Regular Plan-IDCW has NAV history starting from 04 Feb 2019, a track record of about 7 years 5 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.

LIC MF Short Duration Fund-Regular Plan-IDCW is managed by LIC. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Short Duration Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, LIC MF Short Duration Fund-Regular Plan-IDCW has delivered a absolute return of 4.66% — +2.52 pp ahead of the Short Duration Fund category average of 2.14%. The fund ranks #16 of 49 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, LIC MF Short Duration Fund-Regular Plan-IDCW has delivered a CAGR of 6.61% — +3.25 pp ahead of the Short Duration Fund category average of 3.35%. The fund ranks #13 of 46 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, LIC MF Short Duration Fund-Regular Plan-IDCW has delivered a CAGR of 5.32% — +2.01 pp ahead of the Short Duration Fund category average of 3.31%. The fund ranks #14 of 35 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in LIC MF Short Duration Fund-Regular Plan-IDCW exactly 5 years ago would be worth approximately ₹129,556 today — a multiplier of 1.30×, based on the 5-year CAGR of 5.32%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹117,659.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in LIC MF Short Duration Fund-Regular Plan-IDCW over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹701,195 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 6.17%.

LIC MF Short Duration Fund-Regular Plan-IDCW doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (7-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹1,029,283 — XIRR 5.72%.

On a 5-year basis, LIC MF Short Duration Fund-Regular Plan-IDCW ranks #14 out of 35 funds in the Short Duration Fund category — that places it in the second quartile (Q2) — above the median. The category average return over the same window is 3.31%; this fund delivered 5.32%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline LIC MF Short Duration Fund-Regular Plan-IDCW has experienced over the last 5-year window is 1.24% — its NAV fell from a high on 07 Apr 2022 to a low on 09 May 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, LIC MF Short Duration Fund-Regular Plan-IDCW averaged 5.21% (best 5.66%, worst 4.95%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is -0.92 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, LIC MF Short Duration Fund-Regular Plan-IDCW returned 7.04% — beating the Short Duration Fund category average of 3.43% by 3.60 pp. It ranked #11 of 44 in its category that year.

LIC MF Short Duration Fund-Regular Plan-IDCW 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. LIC MF Short Duration Fund-Regular Plan-IDCW 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: 1.2%. 5-year CAGR: 5.32%.

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

LIC MF Short Duration Fund-Regular Plan-IDCW

NAV history & peer comparison

Returns matrix

Calendar-year returns

Rolling returns

SIP returns — historical "what if"

Risk profile

Peers in Short Duration Fund

Recent NAVs

Frequently asked questions

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