Mutual fund investing: What are regular and direct plans?

While direct plans are directly offered by the mutual fund house, regular plans are bought through intermediaries or distributors like Independent financial advisers, banks or NBFCs. Here are important differences between the two plan types.

from Wealth-Economic Times https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/wealth/invest/mutual-fund-investing-what-are-regular-and-direct-plans/slideshow/79548770.cms