Should I invest in Nippon India Nifty G-Sec Oct 2028 Maturity Index Fund?

We don't give personal investment advice. Nippon India Nifty G-Sec Oct 2028 Maturity Index Fund-Direct Plan-Growth Option 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.

Nippon India

Nippon India Nifty G-Sec Oct 2028 Maturity Index Fund-Direct Plan-Growth Option

Latest NAV

₹12.9371

As of

17 Jul 2026

810 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	+0.03%	+0.21%	-0.18	187 / 353	Q3
1W	+0.09%	-0.05%	+0.14	158 / 353	Q2
2W	+0.23%	+0.24%	0.00	144 / 353	Q2
1M	+0.72%	+0.78%	-0.06	183 / 353	Q3
3M	+1.55%	+2.20%	-0.65	204 / 350	Q3
6M	+2.58%	+1.36%	+1.22	188 / 336	Q3
YTD	+2.75%	+0.54%	+2.21	168 / 333	Q3
1Y	+5.41%	+2.69%	+2.72	103 / 318	Q2
2Y	+7.58%	+3.33%	+4.25	27 / 213	Q1
3Y	+7.49%	+10.79%	-3.30	111 / 172	Q3
4Y	—	—	—	—	—
5Y	—	—	—	—	—
7Y	—	—	—	—	—
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+7.94%	+7.52%	+0.43	149 / 353	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	+2.75%	+0.51%	+2.23	166 / 331
2025	+8.73%	+6.05%	+2.68	67 / 260
2024	+8.08%	+14.12%	-6.03	149 / 180
2023	—	—	—	—

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

+8.04%

29 windows

min 4.5% · max 10.5%

100% positive

Limited basis — fund is young, so this average may be skewed by which 1Y windows happen to be available.

3-Year rolling

+7.47%

5 windows

min 7.1% · max 7.8%

100% positive

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

5-Year rolling

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Insufficient history

7-Year rolling

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Insufficient history

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

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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

1.45%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

0.55

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

—

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-1.12%

Mar 2026 → Apr 2026

% positive months

88.9%

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 - Growth Option - Direct Plan	HDFC	₹15.7579	17 Jul 2026
ICICI Prudential BSE Sensex Index Fund - Direct Plan - Cumulative Option	ICICI Prudential	₹26.0695	17 Jul 2026
Invesco India BSE Sensex Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	Invesco	₹10.2484	17 Jul 2026
Bandhan BSE Healthcare Index Fund Direct Plan - Growth	Bandhan	₹11.4943	17 Jul 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life BSE 500 Momentum 50 Index Fund-Direct Growth	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹10.6277	17 Jul 2026
Franklin India INDEX FUND- NSE NIFTY 50 INDEX FUND- Direct - Growth	Franklin India	₹207.9005	17 Jul 2026
Kotak BSE Housing Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option	Kotak	₹13.4540	17 Jul 2026
Edelweiss BSE Internet Economy Index Fund - Direct Plan - Growth	Edelweiss	₹10.9780	17 Jul 2026
DSP BSE SENSEX Next 30 Index Fund - Direct - Growth	DSP	₹12.0593	17 Jul 2026
HSBC CRISIL IBX 50:50 Gilt Plus SDL Apr 2028 Index Fund - Direct - Growth	HSBC	₹13.2877	17 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
17 Jul 2026	₹12.9371
16 Jul 2026	₹12.9326
15 Jul 2026	₹12.9297
14 Jul 2026	₹12.9105
13 Jul 2026	₹12.9273
10 Jul 2026	₹12.9252
9 Jul 2026	₹12.9100
8 Jul 2026	₹12.9036
7 Jul 2026	₹12.9175
6 Jul 2026	₹12.9143

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 Nippon India Nifty G-Sec Oct 2028 Maturity Index Fund-Direct Plan-Growth Option is ₹12.9371. It's a Index Fund from Nippon India, run as a Direct plan Growth option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

Nippon India Nifty G-Sec Oct 2028 Maturity Index Fund-Direct Plan-Growth Option has NAV history starting from 08 Mar 2023, a track record of about 3 years 4 months. It's a relatively new scheme. With under 5 years of NAVs, peer comparison is the best yardstick — point-to-point returns can be skewed by entry timing.

Nippon India Nifty G-Sec Oct 2028 Maturity Index Fund-Direct Plan-Growth Option is managed by Nippon India. 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, Nippon India Nifty G-Sec Oct 2028 Maturity Index Fund-Direct Plan-Growth Option has delivered a absolute return of 5.41% — +2.72 pp ahead of the Index Fund category average of 2.69%. The fund ranks #103 of 318 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, Nippon India Nifty G-Sec Oct 2028 Maturity Index Fund-Direct Plan-Growth Option has delivered a CAGR of 7.49% — -3.3 pp behind the Index Fund category average of 10.79%. The fund ranks #111 of 172 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

Nippon India Nifty G-Sec Oct 2028 Maturity Index Fund-Direct Plan-Growth Option doesn't have a complete 5-year window yet (we need at least 5 year of NAVs). Check the shorter-window returns above.

₹1 lakh invested in Nippon India Nifty G-Sec Oct 2028 Maturity Index Fund-Direct Plan-Growth Option exactly 3 years ago would be worth approximately ₹124,208 today — a multiplier of 1.24×, based on the 3-year CAGR of 7.49%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹136,005.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Nippon India Nifty G-Sec Oct 2028 Maturity Index Fund-Direct Plan-Growth Option over the last 3 years — total invested ₹360,000 — would be worth ₹401,975 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 7.29%.

Nippon India Nifty G-Sec Oct 2028 Maturity Index Fund-Direct Plan-Growth Option doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (3-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹401,975 — XIRR 7.29%.

On a 3-year basis, Nippon India Nifty G-Sec Oct 2028 Maturity Index Fund-Direct Plan-Growth Option ranks #111 out of 172 funds in the Index Fund category — that places it in the third quartile (Q3) — below the median. The category average return over the same window is 10.79%; this fund delivered 7.49%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline Nippon India Nifty G-Sec Oct 2028 Maturity Index Fund-Direct Plan-Growth Option has experienced over the last 3-year window is 1.12% — its NAV fell from a high on 02 Mar 2026 to a low on 02 Apr 2026. Drawdown is a useful gauge of how much short-term pain you'd have endured to capture the long-term return.

Across all 3-year rolling windows, Nippon India Nifty G-Sec Oct 2028 Maturity Index Fund-Direct Plan-Growth Option averaged 7.47% (best 7.84%, worst 7.09%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 3-year Sharpe ratio is 0.55 — reasonable risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, Nippon India Nifty G-Sec Oct 2028 Maturity Index Fund-Direct Plan-Growth Option returned 8.73% — beating the Index Fund category average of 6.05% by 2.68 pp. It ranked #67 of 260 in its category that year.

Nippon India Nifty G-Sec Oct 2028 Maturity Index Fund-Direct Plan-Growth Option 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. Nippon India Nifty G-Sec Oct 2028 Maturity Index Fund-Direct Plan-Growth Option 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.

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