INTRODUCTION:

Mutual funds help the small and medium size investors to participate in today's complex and modern financial scenario. Investors can participate in the mutual fund by buying the units of the fund. The income earned through these investments and capital appreciation realized by the schemes is shared by its unit holders in proportion to the number of units owned by them. Mutual funds play vital role in mobilization of resources and their efficient al1ocation. These funds played a significant role in financial inter-mediation, development of capital markets and growth of the financial sector as a whole. The active involvement of mutual funds in economic development can be seen by their dominant presence in the money and capital market. In early 19th century, mutual funds have proved to be an important institutional arrangement of risk pooling. These institutions have come to assume so much of significance them they now completely dominate the entire financial market. LITERATURE REVIEW: 1. Kumar vijay: study of mutual funds in development of capital market and saving mobilization of people 2. Dua Monika: study about growth of mutual funds in India and increasing player in mutual funds 3. Singh paramjit:study of rule and regulation for mutual funds investment 4. Nayak Mahesh: study of retuns on different types of funds and and

fluctuations in different conditions RESEARCH METHODOLOGY: Problem: analysis of investment in mutual funds