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Short duration funds

Three months to three years of lending. Where sensible near-term money quietly sits.

Value barely moves. Suits money you may need soon. Industry-wide this shelf holds ₹3.93 lakh crore across 87 schemes (AMFI, categories: Ultra Short Duration Fund, Low Duration Fund, Short Duration Fund, Floater Fund).

Short duration by the numbers

NYVO publishes data pages for 84 schemes in Short duration, from 31 fund houses, holding ₹3.92 lakh crore between them. Over the last five years the median returned 6.6% a year, and the gap between the best and worst was 4.8 percentage points a year across 75 funds with a five-year record (NAV as of 21 Aug 2026).

Distribution of returns across Short duration funds with a data page on NYVO, NAV as of 21 Aug 2026
WindowWorstMedianBestSpreadFunds
1 year5.3%6.3%7.9%2.5 pts81
3 years (per year)6.9%7.5%8.6%1.7 pts76
5 years (per year)6.0%6.6%10.8%4.8 pts75
Median fund size
₹1,579 crore
Largest fund
₹21,735 crore
Longest track record
since 2012

Worst, median and best describe the spread across the funds on this shelf that have a data page on NYVO — they are not an index, not a benchmark, and no fund is named. The spread is simply the distance between the highest and lowest figure in that window; on shelves that hold more than one kind of asset it reflects that mix as much as anything else. Sample sizes differ by window because newer funds have no five-year record. Past returns do not predict future returns.

84 funds with data pages

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Funds are listed by assets under management — a fact, not a ranking. Shelf-level industry figures are AMFI monthly data; per-fund figures come from NYVO research systems and update daily. This page is general information, not investment advice, and carries no rating and no recommendation. Mutual fund investments are subject to market risks; read all scheme related documents carefully.