Fund Tracker India by Ishaan Dungarwal
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Fund categoriesEquitySep 2026

ELSS (tax saver) funds: what they hold and bought

SEBI's rule: At least 80 % in equity, with a three-year lock-in, under the Equity Linked Savings Scheme rules. Source: SEBI categorisation circular, 6 Oct 2017, as amended

47 ELSS (tax saver) funds from 33 fund houses filed a portfolio for Sep 2026. Here is what most of them hold, and what they added and cut.

Category as AMFI lists it; the two AMFI spellings of a category are one page. Counted over open-ended schemes with an equity portfolio for the month, share counts from each fund house's monthly file. Value added or cut = change in shares × the month's value per share in that file, never a change in price.

Schemes47portfolio filed for Sep 2026, of 54
Fund houses33running one
Stocks held615listed on NSE, any scheme

Stocks most ELSS (tax saver) funds hold, Sep 2026

Ranked by how many schemes in the category hold the stock; the average is its % of net assets in the schemes holding it.

schemes holding · average weight
  1. HDFCBANK HDFC Bank Ltd.
    36 of 47 · 6.13%
  2. ICICIBANK ICICI Bank Ltd.
    36 of 47 · 6.02%
  3. ETERNAL Eternal Ltd.
    33 of 47 · 2.56%
  4. BHARTIARTL Bharti Airtel Ltd.
    32 of 47 · 3.45%
  5. RELIANCE Reliance Industries Ltd.
    31 of 47 · 3.50%
  6. SBIN State Bank of India
    29 of 47 · 3.22%
  7. INFY Infosys Ltd.
    29 of 47 · 2.06%
  8. M&M Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
    28 of 47 · 1.94%
  9. AXISBANK Axis Bank Ltd.
    27 of 47 · 3.51%
  10. LT Larsen & Toubro Ltd.
    26 of 47 · 2.62%
  11. KOTAKBANK Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.
    25 of 47 · 3.08%
  12. INDIGO Interglobe Aviation Ltd.
    23 of 47 · 1.33%
  13. SUNPHARMA Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
    21 of 47 · 1.90%
  14. BAJFINANCE Bajaj Finance Ltd.
    18 of 47 · 2.41%
  15. MARUTI Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.
    18 of 47 · 2.17%
  16. NTPC NTPC Ltd.
    18 of 47 · 1.77%
  17. TMCV Tata Motors Ltd.
    18 of 47 · 1.37%
  18. ULTRACEMCO Ultratech Cement Ltd.
    17 of 47 · 1.43%
  19. TECHM Tech Mahindra Ltd.
    17 of 47 · 1.40%
  20. CHOLAFIN Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Co. Ltd.
    17 of 47 · 1.27%

Most bought, Sep 2026

value of shares added · schemes adding
  1. ICICIAMC ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Ltd. · 2
    +₹393 cr
  2. GROWW Billionbrains Garage Ventures Ltd. · 2, 1 new
    +₹280 cr
  3. LGEINDIA LG Electronics India Ltd. · 1
    +₹273 cr
  4. RELIANCE Reliance Industries Ltd. · 4
    +₹254 cr
  5. NAM-INDIA Nippon Life India Asset Management Ltd. · 2, 1 new
    +₹232 cr
  6. BHARTIARTL Bharti Airtel Ltd. · 4
    +₹197 cr
  7. KARAMTARA Karamtara Engineering Limited · 1, 1 new
    +₹168 cr
  8. ESDS ESDS Software Solution Limited · 1, 1 new
    +₹146 cr
  9. KALYANKJIL Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd. · 1, 1 new
    +₹132 cr
  10. BSE BSE Ltd. · 4, 3 new
    +₹128 cr

Most sold, Sep 2026

value of shares cut · schemes cutting
  1. ICICIBANK ICICI Bank Ltd. · 6, 1 sold out
    −₹1,661 cr
  2. DLF DLF Ltd. · 3, 2 sold out
    −₹508 cr
  3. TCS Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. · 5, 2 sold out
    −₹321 cr
  4. SBIN State Bank of India · 3, 1 sold out
    −₹286 cr
  5. KOTAKBANK Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. · 5, 1 sold out
    −₹192 cr
  6. MAXHEALTH Max Healthcare Institute Ltd. · 2, 1 sold out
    −₹191 cr
  7. BPCL Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. · 4, 2 sold out
    −₹185 cr
  8. DHOOTTRANS Dhoot Transmission Ltd. · 1, 1 sold out
    −₹184 cr
  9. GAIL GAIL (India) Ltd. · 1
    −₹174 cr
  10. POLICYBZR PB Fintech Ltd. · 7, 3 sold out
    −₹160 cr

ELSS (tax saver) schemes (47)

largest AUM first
SchemeFund houseAUM1-year return
Axis ELSS- Tax Saver FundAxis Mutual Fund₹32,144 cr+3.3%
SBI ELSS Tax Saver FundSBI Mutual Fund₹31,724 cr−1.4%
Mirae Asset ELSS Tax Saver FundMirae Asset Mutual Fund₹26,128 cr+0.8%
DSP ELSS Tax Saver FundDSP Mutual Fund₹16,505 cr+1.4%
HDFC ELSS - Tax Saver FundHDFC Mutual Fund₹15,818 cr−1.6%
Nippon India ELSS Tax Saver FundNippon India Mutual Fund₹14,739 cr+2.4%
Aditya Birla Sun Life ELSS Tax Saver FundAditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund₹14,476 cr+1.2%
ICICI Prudential ELSS - Tax Saver FundICICI Prudential Mutual Fund₹14,107 cr+0.1%
Quant ELSS Tax Saver Fundquant Mutual Fund₹13,377 cr+11.1%
Canara Robeco ELSS - Tax Saver FundCanara Robeco Mutual Fund₹8,641 cr+3.4%
BANDHAN ELSS - Tax Saver FundBandhan Mutual Fund₹6,911 cr+3.7%
Kotak ELSS Tax Saver FundKotak Mahindra Mutual Fund₹6,303 cr+4.6%
Franklin India ELSS Tax Saver FundFranklin Templeton Mutual Fund₹6,182 cr−1.8%
Parag Parikh ELSS Tax Saver FundPPFAS Mutual Fund₹5,619 cr−5.2%
Motilal Oswal ELSS Tax Saver FundMotilal Oswal Mutual Fund₹4,948 cr+7.4%
Tata ELSS - Tax Saver FundTata Mutual Fund₹4,660 cr+3.6%
HSBC ELSS Tax saver FundHSBC Mutual Fund₹4,126 cr+4.3%
UTI ELSS Tax Saver FundUTI Mutual Fund₹3,468 cr−1.5%
UTI - Master Equity Plan Unit SchemeUTI Mutual Fund₹2,794 cr−0.3%
Invesco India ELSS Tax Saver FundInvesco Mutual Fund₹2,704 cr+1.8%
BANK OF INDIA ELSS TAX SAVER FUNDBank of India Mutual Fund₹1,406 cr+4.1%
Sundaram ELSS Tax Saver FundSundaram Mutual Fund₹1,279 cr−3.7%
LIC MF ELSS Tax Saver FundLIC Mutual Fund₹1,016 cr−2.0%
Baroda BNP Paribas ELSS Tax Saver FundBaroda BNP Paribas Mutual Fund₹908 cr+3.8%
Union ELSS Tax Saver Fund (Formerly Union Tax Saver (ELSS) FundUnion Mutual Fund₹859 cr+0.7%
PGIM India ELSS Tax Saver FundPGIM India Mutual Fund₹715 cr+2.6%
WhiteOak Capital ELSS Tax Saver FundWhiteOak Capital Mutual Fund₹494 cr+4.4%
LIC MF Unit Linked Insurance Scheme (ULIS)LIC Mutual Fund₹440 cr—
SBI Long Term Advantage Fund - Series VSBI Mutual Fund₹376 cr+1.1%
NJ ELSS Tax Saver FundNJ Mutual Fund₹344 cr−2.1%
SBI Long Term Advantage Fund - Series VISBI Mutual Fund₹259 cr−2.8%
SBI Long Term Advantage Fund - Series IVSBI Mutual Fund₹194 cr−2.7%
NAVI ELSS TAX SAVER NIFTY50 INDEX FUNDNavi Mutual Fund₹155 cr−1.1%
Samco ELSS Tax Saver FundSamco Mutual Fund₹107 cr−2.0%
Bajaj Finserv ELSS - Tax Saver FundBajaj Finserv Mutual Fund₹89.7 cr+3.5%
SUNDARAM LONG TERM MICRO CAP TAX ADVANTAGE FUND SERIES IIISundaram Mutual Fund₹78.1 cr−0.3%
Taurus ELSS Tax Saver FundTaurus Mutual Fund₹71.9 cr+0.6%
BANK OF INDIA MID CAP TAX FUND SERIES 1Bank of India Mutual Fund₹66.1 cr+8.5%
Groww ELSS Tax Saver FundGroww Mutual Fund₹50.9 cr−1.4%
Shriram ELSS Tax Saver FundShriram Mutual Fund₹47.2 cr−0.6%
ICICI Prudential Long Term Wealth Enhancement FundICICI Prudential Mutual Fund₹38.8 cr+0.1%
SUNDARAM LONG TERM MICRO CAP TAX ADVANTAGE FUND SERIES IVSundaram Mutual Fund₹37.2 cr−1.5%
SUNDARAM LONG TERM MICRO CAP TAX ADVANTAGE FUND SERIES VISundaram Mutual Fund₹37.1 cr−1.6%
Sundaram Long Term Tax Advantage Fund Series IIISundaram Mutual Fund₹35.0 cr+0.5%
BANK OF INDIA MID CAP TAX FUND Series 2Bank of India Mutual Fund₹33.1 cr+4.6%
SUNDARAM LONG TERM MICRO CAP TAX ADVANTAGE SERIES VSundaram Mutual Fund₹31.9 cr−0.6%
Sundaram Long Term Tax Advantage Fund Series IVSundaram Mutual Fund₹22.8 cr−0.8%

AUM = AMFI's latest average AUM for the scheme; 1-year return = change in NAV over the year, as on each scheme page. Filter and compare every scheme

Questions about ELSS (tax saver) funds

from the figures on this page

Which stocks do ELSS (tax saver) funds hold the most?

In Sep 2026, 36 of the 47 ELSS (tax saver) funds with a portfolio held HDFC Bank Ltd.. The five held by the most schemes: HDFC Bank Ltd. (HDFCBANK), ICICI Bank Ltd. (ICICIBANK), Eternal Ltd. (ETERNAL), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (BHARTIARTL), Reliance Industries Ltd. (RELIANCE). Funds holding HDFCBANK

What did ELSS (tax saver) funds buy and sell in Sep 2026?

Most bought by value of shares added: ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Ltd. (ICICIAMC), Billionbrains Garage Ventures Ltd. (GROWW), LG Electronics India Ltd. (LGEINDIA). Most sold: ICICI Bank Ltd. (ICICIBANK), DLF Ltd. (DLF), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (TCS). All stocks bought and sold by mutual funds, Sep 2026

How many ELSS (tax saver) funds are there?

AMFI lists 54 open-ended ELSS (tax saver) funds; 47 from 33 fund houses filed an equity portfolio for Sep 2026. Filter every scheme

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