Tax-saver — Section 80C ELSS

Equity Linked Savings Schemes carry a 3-year lock-in plus 80C deduction up to ₹1.5 lakh/year. Because the lock removes your option to bail mid-drawdown, downside discipline matters more in ELSS than in equity generally — not less.

80C tax savings cap at ₹46,800/year (30% bracket) — meaningful but not transformative. Don't choose an ELSS purely for the 80C; the 3-year lock-in only pays if you'd have held the fund anyway. A top-Conviction Flexi Cap is often the better long-term call, even without the deduction.

• EQUITY · DEFENSIVEDefensive equity compoundersFunds with the best downside discipline within their peer group.Open→
• EQUITY · COMPOUNDLong-horizon wealth buildersTop-quartile Conviction within peer — the boring compounders.Open→
• EQUITY · ALPHABeat the index — activelyHigh peer-relative alpha after-fees. Excludes sectoral/thematic.Open→
• DEBT · CASH-LIKELiquid cash parkingLowest-cost stable liquid options for sub-1-year horizons.

Wave 4.5 — every score is peer-relative within sub-category (Large Cap vs Large Cap, Liquid Debt vs Liquid Debt). Pillars are asset-class-aware: Equity / Hybrid funds get Resilience / Performance / Conviction / Cost; Debt funds get Yield Quality / Stability / Conviction / Cost; Index / ETF funds get Tracking / Cost / Liquidity / Stability. A separate Data Quality bucket gates whether each score is shown. This is not investment advice. MintByte is an AMFI-registered MFD (ARN-314872); SEBI Research Analyst and Investment Adviser registrations are under review.

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