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I am 34 years old. I need 1cr in next 10-12 years. I have invested in below mutual funds. Please suggest your valuable suggestions.

1. Tata digital India fund regular growth-2500/ month

2. ICICI prudential flexicap fund direct plan growth- 7000/month

  1. ICICI prudential smallcap fund direct plan growth- 2000/month

Ans: The funds are good and the corpus that can get created in 12 years is Rs. 43 Lakh, therefore you need to double the monthly investment.

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