Finally, in the past quarter, bonds declined while equities rose, reversing most of last year's divergence (though interestingly, industry data continues to show redemptions in equitymutualfunds and inflows in bond and hybrid funds).
The capital gains in Equity Linked MutualFunds are tax free if redeemed after 1 year and since ELSS have a lock - in of 3 years (lowest in all tax saving instruments under 80C) the profit from ELSS is tax free upon redemption.