If your target duration is around 1 year so why did you invest in small caps, doesn't make sense. If you want to see some good returns so you need to wait accordingly. I think equity is not for you in such a small time duration
@akshitv Brother, I do investment from my monthly earnings from freelancing and online tutoring it is something around 12-13k per month I will try to invest more aggressively and I incur around 3-4 hours for 18 days in a month. I know we need to start earlier hence I started now ...