New Delhi, Feb. 22 -- Mutual funds have increasingly become extremely popular among retail investors for wealth creation. The latest data revealed by the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) shows that total assets held by individual investors rose by over 30 percent in just one year.

Individual investors held Rs.41.43 lakh crore in mutual funds in Jan 2025, reflecting a jump of 30.33 percent over Jan 2024, the data reveals. Meanwhile, investments of individual investors in equity schemes spiked by 35 percent over Jan 2024, reveals the latest AMFI data.

Individual investors now hold a relatively higher share of industry assets, i.e. 60.9 per cent in Jan 2025, compared with 60.1 per cent in Jan 2024.

At the same time, total AUM h...