New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- Slow and steady wins the race is a saying that most of us have learnt in school. While this may apply to fables, the investor needs to take a call on whether this mindset is something that they want to apply to India's equity bourses. If so, index funds may match your mindset.

However, some investors might want market-beating returns and windfalls. If this is your investment doctrine, then index funds would likely disappoint you.

"Index funds are booming," says Chanchal Agarwal, CIO of Equirus Credence Family Office. With the assets in India's mutual fund industry surging over six-fold to Rs.75 lakh crore as of July 2025, and passive investing now accounting for 17% of the total AUM from just 2% a decade ago, they'...