Very few Exchange Traded Funds payout dividends as they mostly reinvest into the stocks again. Unless they reinvest, the dividends received from underlying stocks in the portfolio, which can either be cash dividends or unit dividends, will be distributed to unit holders.
Examples of some ETFs which have declared dividends over the years.
| Scheme Name | Gross Dividend Per Unit in Rs | Record Date |
| ICICI Pru Nifty ETF | 2.20 | 29-Apr-2016 |
| ICICI Pru Sensex ETF | 27.00 | 25-Jul-2014 |
| Invesco India Nifty ETF | 5.00 | 26-Dec-2012 |
| Kotak Nifty ETF | 10.00 | 10-Mar-2017 |
| Kotak PSU Bank ETF | 7.00 | 10-Mar-2017 |
| Kotak Sensex ETF | 7.50 | 10-Mar-2017 |
| Nippon India ETF Bank BeES | 13.00 | 20-Feb-2015 |
| Nippon India ETF Junior BeES | 1.00 | 10-Mar-2014 |
| Nippon India ETF Nifty BeES | 8.00 | 20-Feb-2015 |
| Nippon India ETF PSU Bank BeES | 6.00 | 10-Nov-2009 |
| Nippon India ETF Shariah BeES | 2.00 | 11-Mar-2014 |
| Quantum Nifty 50 ETF | 80.00 | 09-Mar-2018 |
| SBI-ETF BSE 100 | 3.00 | 03-Nov-2017 |
| SBI-ETF Nifty 50 | 1.29 | 25-Mar-2021 |
| SBI-ETF Nifty Bank | 3.50 | 03-Nov-2017 |
| SBI-ETF Nifty Next 50 | 7.00 | 03-Nov-2017 |
| SBI-ETF Sensex | 4.50 | 24-Mar-2021 |
| UTI-Nifty ETF | 40.84 | 24-Feb-2021 |
| UTI-Sensex ETF | 13.56 | 01-Mar-2021 |
