Archive · 22 Aug 2026
Equity Mutual Fund Assets Hit Record ₹48.5 Lakh Crore
People in India invested a record amount of money in equity mutual funds in July.
These funds held ₹48.5 lakh crore in total.
Many investors continued putting money into funds every month through SIPs.
SIP contributions reached ₹31,961 crore in July.
This was the fifth month in a row that contributions stayed above ₹30,000 crore.
SIP-linked assets also crossed ₹18 lakh crore for the first time.
Passive funds, which generally follow an index or market segment, also grew strongly.
Debt fund assets decreased slightly during the same period.
Equity mutual fund assets reached a record ₹48.5 lakh crore in July, representing 56% of the industry’s overall average assets under management.
Active equity schemes grew 13.3% year on year and made up nearly 78% of total equity assets.
Monthly SIP contributions stood at ₹31,961 crore in July, staying above ₹30,000 crore for the fifth consecutive month.
SIP assets crossed ₹18 lakh crore for the first time, reaching ₹18.2 lakh crore in July.
Passive fund assets rose 23.3% year on year to ₹15.5 lakh crore, while debt fund assets fell 0.4% to ₹21.7 lakh crore.
- Who
- Indian mutual fund investors, equity schemes, SIP contributors and fund managers.
- What
- Equity mutual fund assets reached a record ₹48.5 lakh crore, while SIP and passive fund assets also hit new highs.
- When
- In July, according to the NSE Market Pulse report released on August 22; SIP contributions had remained above ₹30,000 crore for five consecutive months.
- Where
- India.
- Why
- The report attributed the growth to strong expansion in active equity schemes and sustained investor participation through SIPs.
- Equity mutual fund assets
- ₹48.5 lakh crore in July
- Share of industry AAUM
- Equity funds represented 56% of overall mutual fund industry AAUM
- Monthly SIP contributions
- ₹31,961 crore in July
- Cumulative FY27 SIP contributions
- ₹1.3 lakh crore in the first four months, up 15.4% year on year
- SIP assets
- ₹18.2 lakh crore, or 21.1% of overall mutual fund assets
- Passive fund AAUM
- ₹15.5 lakh crore, up 23.3% year on year
- Debt fund AAUM
- ₹21.7 lakh crore, down 0.4% year on year