Templeton India Fund

Can you provide me the details of the Templeton India Equity Income Fund (TIEIF) policy offered by Franklin Templeton Investments India? Provide me the contact detail of Franklin Templeton Investments India as well?

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Templeton India Equity Income Fund (TIEIF) is an open end diversified equity fund that seeks to provide a blend of regular income and long-term capital admiration by investing primarily in stocks that have a current or potentially attractive dividend yield.

It with a mandate to invest up to 50% of its corpus in foreign securities can help investors take advantage of investment opportunities across other emerging markets and participate in their growth.

Fund Details
Fund Manager:
Chetan Sehgal & Vikas Chiranewal (Dedicated for investments in foreign securities)

Date of Allotment:
18 May 2006

Load Structure:
Entry Load: Nil
Exit Load: 1% if redeemed / switched out within one year of allotment

Minimum Investment:
Rs. 5000 and in multiples of Rs. 1

Fund Size:
Rs. 890.15 Cr

Top 10 Holdings
Company Name Sector % of Assets

Bajaj Holdings and Investment Ltd Finance 13.34

Tata Chemicals Ltd Chemicals 11.34

HDFC Bank Ltd Banks 7.37

ICICI Bank Ltd Banks 6.01

Mahle-Metal Leve (Brazil) Auto Ancillaries 5.56

Grasim Industries Ltd Cement 5.53

Infosys Ltd Software 5.50

Tata Motors Ltd., DVR Auto 4.35

Tata Investment Corp Ltd Finance 4.27

Cosco Pacific (Hong Kong) Transportation 3.89