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This came in the backdrop of strong flow in the small and midcap schemes of mutual funds over the last few quarters.

In addition, the EUIN (Employee Unique Identification Number) registration and renewal fees for employees cut down to Rs 500 from Rs 1,500 and Rs 750, respectively.

According to the Amfi data, investors put in a net sum of Rs 6,919 crore in 14 gold-linked ETFs in the just-concluded financial year, much higher than the Rs 1,614 crore invested in 2019-20

Overall, the mutual fund industry witnessed a net inflow of Rs 2,968 crore across all the segments during the period under review, much lower than Rs 27,194 crore inflow seen in November

Market experts said the addition of folios suggests that investors were undeterred by the market volatility

In comparison, investors had infused Rs 172 crore in this asset class in July-September 2019