Should I invest in Nippon India Annual Interval Fund - Series I Growth Plan?

We don't give personal investment advice. Nippon India Annual Interval Fund - Series I - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Growth 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: 0.1%. 5-year CAGR: 6.12%.

Nippon India

Nippon India Annual Interval Fund - Series I - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Growth

Latest NAV

₹28.6530

As of

22 Apr 2026

3,107 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	0.00%	-2.27%	+2.27	1006 / 1079	Q4
1W	+0.09%	-2.66%	+2.76	425 / 945	Q2
2W	+0.21%	-2.62%	+2.83	341 / 930	Q2
1M	+0.43%	-2.43%	+2.85	375 / 924	Q2
3M	+1.34%	-1.42%	+2.77	388 / 916	Q2
6M	+2.80%	-0.05%	+2.86	383 / 876	Q2
YTD	+1.64%	-0.27%	+1.91	545 / 880	Q3
1Y	+6.56%	+3.14%	+3.41	362 / 835	Q2
2Y	+6.94%	+4.08%	+2.86	514 / 807	Q3
3Y	+6.99%	+4.43%	+2.56	626 / 800	Q4
4Y	+6.70%	+7.85%	-1.15	132 / 164	Q4
5Y	+6.12%	+7.36%	-1.24	49 / 77	Q3
7Y	+5.95%	+6.45%	-0.50	23 / 39	Q3
10Y	+6.44%	+6.61%	-0.17	11 / 21	Q3
Inception	+6.90%	+5.01%	+1.89	829 / 1079	Q4

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	+1.64%	+1.71%	-0.07	53 / 91
2025	+7.12%	+6.90%	+0.23	51 / 98
2024	+7.33%	+9.13%	-1.80	91 / 103
2023	+7.07%	+7.13%	-0.07	56 / 89
2022	+4.85%	-1.01%	+5.87	20 / 220
2021	+3.67%	-0.37%	+4.04	194 / 366
2020	+4.94%	+6.75%	-1.81	346 / 486
2019	+7.57%	+7.15%	+0.41	341 / 524
2018	+7.76%	+5.66%	+2.10	15 / 269
2017	+6.63%	+6.29%	+0.34	147 / 279
2016	+8.11%	+8.41%	-0.29	154 / 241

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

+6.95%

145 windows

min 3.7% · max 10.5%

100% positive

3-Year rolling

+6.70%

121 windows

min 4.4% · max 9.2%

100% positive

5-Year rolling

+6.53%

97 windows

min 5.5% · max 8.4%

100% positive

7-Year rolling

+6.52%

72 windows

min 5.9% · max 8.0%

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

0.33%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

—

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

—

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-0.02%

Oct 2023 → Oct 2023

% positive months

100.0%

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 Medium to Long Duration Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC FMP 1269D March 2023 - Growth Option - Direct Plan	HDFC	₹12.5263	3 Jun 2026
Nippon India Fixed Maturity Plan - XLIII - Series 1- Direct Plan - Growth Option	Nippon India	₹13.3582	3 Jun 2026
SBI Fixed Maturity Plan (FMP) - Series 1 (3668 Days) - Direct Plan - Growth	SBI	₹17.3852	3 Jun 2026
ICICI Prudential Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	ICICI Prudential	₹43.7788	3 Jun 2026
BANDHAN Fixed Term Plan Series 179 DIRECT PLAN-GROWTH (3652 days)	Bandhan	₹17.7320	3 Jun 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Fixed Term Plan - Series TI (1837 days) - Direct Plan - Growth Option	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹13.5023	3 Jun 2026
Franklin India Medium to Long Duration Fund - Direct Growth	Franklin India	₹11.0072	3 Jun 2026
Kotak Bond Fund - Growth - Direct	Kotak	₹88.1692	3 Jun 2026
DSP FMP Series - 264 - 60M - 17D - Direct - Growth	DSP	₹13.2410	3 Jun 2026
HSBC Medium to Long Duration Fund - Direct Growth	HSBC	₹47.7483	3 Jun 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
22 Apr 2026	₹28.6530
21 Apr 2026	₹28.6532
20 Apr 2026	₹28.6447
17 Apr 2026	₹28.6334
16 Apr 2026	₹28.6310
15 Apr 2026	₹28.6261
13 Apr 2026	₹28.6186
10 Apr 2026	₹28.6064
9 Apr 2026	₹28.6029
8 Apr 2026	₹28.5921

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 22 Apr 2026, the NAV of Nippon India Annual Interval Fund - Series I - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Growth is ₹28.6530. It's a Medium to Long Duration Fund from Nippon India, run as a Direct plan Growth option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

Nippon India Annual Interval Fund - Series I - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Growth has NAV history starting from 05 Jun 2013, a track record of about 12 years 11 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.

Nippon India Annual Interval Fund - Series I - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Growth is managed by Nippon India. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Medium to Long Duration Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, Nippon India Annual Interval Fund - Series I - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Growth has delivered a absolute return of 6.56% — +3.41 pp ahead of the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of 3.14%. The fund ranks #362 of 835 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, Nippon India Annual Interval Fund - Series I - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Growth has delivered a CAGR of 6.99% — +2.56 pp ahead of the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of 4.43%. The fund ranks #626 of 800 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, Nippon India Annual Interval Fund - Series I - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Growth has delivered a CAGR of 6.12% — -1.24 pp behind the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of 7.36%. The fund ranks #49 of 77 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in Nippon India Annual Interval Fund - Series I - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Growth exactly 10 years ago would be worth approximately ₹186,598 today — a multiplier of 1.87×, based on the 10-year CAGR of 6.44%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹189,685.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Nippon India Annual Interval Fund - Series I - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Growth over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹710,519 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 6.69%.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP for 10 years in Nippon India Annual Interval Fund - Series I - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Growth = ₹1,200,000 invested. It would currently be worth ₹1,656,183 (multiplier 1.38×). XIRR: 6.27%. Long-horizon SIP results matter more than point-to-point returns because they smooth out entry timing.

On a 5-year basis, Nippon India Annual Interval Fund - Series I - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Growth ranks #49 out of 77 funds in the Medium to Long Duration Fund category — that places it in the third quartile (Q3) — below the median. The category average return over the same window is 7.36%; this fund delivered 6.12%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline Nippon India Annual Interval Fund - Series I - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Growth has experienced over the last 5-year window is 0.11% — its NAV fell from a high on 13 Sep 2022 to a low on 28 Sep 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, Nippon India Annual Interval Fund - Series I - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Growth averaged 6.53% (best 8.41%, worst 5.53%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive.

In calendar year 2025, Nippon India Annual Interval Fund - Series I - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Growth returned 7.12% — beating the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of 6.90% by 0.23 pp. It ranked #51 of 98 in its category that year.

Nippon India Annual Interval Fund - Series I - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Growth 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. Nippon India Annual Interval Fund - Series I - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Growth 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: 0.1%. 5-year CAGR: 6.12%.

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

Nippon India Annual Interval Fund - Series I - Direct Plan Growth Plan - Growth

NAV history & peer comparison

Returns matrix

Calendar-year returns

Rolling returns

SIP returns — historical "what if"

Risk profile

Peers in Medium to Long Duration Fund

Recent NAVs

Frequently asked questions

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