Pension plans are also known as retirement plans. In this, you may invest some portion of your income into the designated plan. The main objective behind a pension plan is to have a regular income post-retirement. Considering the ever-growing inflation, investing in these plans has become necessary.The contributions that are made to a pension plan, under Section 80CCC, are tax-exempt up to a maximum ceiling of Rs 1.5 lakh.

Children's fund is a form of mutual fund with specific child-related goals and terms. These are a commonly availed investment option, acting as solution-oriented plans for the rising cost of education and other essential expenses. Most mutual fund child plan invests in both equity and debt portfolios.

Index mutual funds are a class of equity funds. These funds are passively managed as the main objective of index funds is to track and emulate the performance of a popular stock market index such as S&P BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50. The asset allocation of an index fund would be the same as that of its underlying index

It is the period for which your money will remain locked in the mutual fund. Most mutuals do not have any lock-in period. ELSS, Tax-Savers, come with a lock-in of 3 years which is the lowest compared to other 80C investment options. Lock-in period is calculated from the date of investment. Meaning SIPs will have different lock-in dates

KYC is necessary for all fund houses. If you are investing through BLACK, you need to do your KYC just once. The same KYC will be used for all further investments.

A Mandate is a one-time registration through which you instruct your bank account to deduct a specified amount of money from your account daily towards investing into a SIP portfolio. Once you register for Mandate, you don’t have to follow the payment process every time you invest in the SIP.