About Sahara Infrastructure Fund

The Sahara Infrastructure Fund is an open-ended equity scheme. It seeks to provide income generation and/or medium to long-term capital gains by investing in equity and equity-related instruments of companies from the Infrastructure sector.

Pros & Cons of Sahara Infrastructure Fund

• Under normal circumstances, the scheme invests at least 70% of its total assets in equity and equity-related instruments of companies mainly in the Infrastructure sector. Further, the scheme may invest up to 30% of its net assets in debt or money market instruments for liquidity purposes.
• As on September 30, 2018, the scheme is not ranked under CRISIL’s Sectoral/ Thematic Fund category.
• Further, it has generated returns of 12.56% per year over the 10 last years (as on January 16, 2019). However, the returns over the last year have been negative (-15.11%).

Fund Information and Statistics of Sahara Infrastructure Fund

Inception / Launch Date

The scheme was launched on 03 April 2006 by Sahara Mutual Fund.

Risk Level

According to the investment objective and asset allocation of the scheme, it has a High risk-level associated with it.

Redemption

The minimum redemption amount is Rs. 500 and in multiples of Re.1 thereafter. Further, the redemption proceeds are dispatched within 3-10 business days of the receipt of a valid redemption request.

Fund Manager(s)

Mr. Anshum Nandecha is the Fund Manager of the Sahara Infrastructure Fund.

Entry / Exit Load

There is no entry load in this scheme.

The exit load structure is as follows:

• If the units are redeemed after the completion of 12 months from the date of allotment of the said units, then the exit load = Nil
• If the units are redeemed within 12 months from the date of allotment of the said units, then the exit load = 1% of the applicable NAV

Tax benefits of investing in Sahara Infrastructure Fund

The following taxes are applicable to income arising from investing in this scheme:

• STCG tax (units are held for a period of less than 12 months) of 15 percent on redemption of units.
• LTCG (units are held for a period of more than 12 months), in excess of Rs 1 Lakh, is taxed at 10 percent without indexation benefits on the redemption of units.

About Sahara Mutual Fund

Sahara Mutual Fund is a part of the Sahara India Group. It is one of the most trusted fund houses in the country and offers a wide array of investment options for investors with varying risk-reward preferences.