This document provides an overview of various investment alternatives available to investors in India, grouped into negotiable instruments like equity shares, preference shares, debentures, bonds, and money market securities; fixed income securities like government securities and bank deposits; tax shelter saving schemes like PPF, NSS, and NSC; life insurance which provides protection, easy payments, liquidity, and tax relief; mutual funds which are open-ended or closed-ended and focused on growth, income, or balancing; and real assets like gold, silver, real estate, art, and antiques.