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Mutual Fund Industry's AUM (Asset Under Management) has grown from Rs 7.01 trillion as on 31st March, 2013 to Rs 23.26 trillion as on 30th April 2018. That's more than three-fold increase in a span of 5 years! The total number of accounts, or folios as per mutual fund parlance, as on April 30, 2018 stood at Rs 7.22 crore, while the number of folios under Equity, ELSS and Balanced schemes - where the maximum investment is from retail segment - has crossed a landmark of Rs 6 crore and stood at Rs 6.03 crore, according to data released by Association of mutual funds of India (AMFI).

Investors today have a widevariety of options available, a lot of which can fulfill all their investmentcriteria such as high returns, low risk, maintaining liquidity of portfolio andadvantage of tax saving. Public Provident Fund (PPF) and Mutual Fund (MFs) aretwo such investment schemes.

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The strong inflow has pushed the asset base of equity mutual funds (MFs) by more than 6 per cent to Rs 8 lakh crore at the end of April from Rs 7.5 lakh crore in the preceding month.

Equity Linked Saving Scheme (ELSS) is a tax-saving mutual fund, which qualifies for deduction of up to Rs 1.5 lakh under section 80C of the income tax act. It has a lock-in period of three years with long term capital gains over Rs 1 lakh being taxed at 10%. Watch BusinessToday.In video to know the factors you should consider before investing in this instrument.

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With sentiments turning positive, equity investors are now again hoping for a tax-friendly 2018 Union Budget.