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IndusInd Bank Platinum RuPay Credit Card

IndusInd Bank · RuPay · Entry card

A strong no-fee UPI earn rate makes this a useful alternative to app-led RuPay products.

Best suited to

UPI-first users who want a lifetime-free card from a traditional bank.

Authored and reviewed by GainFair
Terms checked 24 Sept 2026
Annual fee
Lifetime free
Joining fee
₹0
Base reward rate
0.3%
Forex markup
3.5%

Reward rates by spending category

Published catalogue rates before caps and merchant-category exclusions.

CategoryRecorded rate
Online shopping
0.3%
Groceries & essentials
0.3%
Dining & delivery
0.3%
Travel & hotels
0.3%
Bills & utilities
0.3%
Beauty & wellness
0.3%
Entertainment & movies
0.3%
Education & family
0.3%
Healthcare & pharmacy
0.3%
Subscriptions & streaming
0.3%
Offline store shopping
0.3%
International spending
0.3%
Gold & jewellery
0.3%
House rent
0.3%
Insurance premiums
0.3%
Other miscellaneous
0.3%
Fuel & commute
0%

Caps and fee waiver

Reward caps
No general cap recorded
Annual fee waiver
Not needed
Monthly income requirement
Not listed

Airport lounge access

No complimentary airport lounge access recorded

Benefit details

Benefits & conditions

Expand a category to see recorded benefits, fees and eligibility, with conditions and links to the sources. Categories without recorded details are grouped below; missing information does not mean a benefit is unavailable.

Rewards and cashback · 3 items

  • Eligible merchant UPI rewards

    Usage-based value

    Two reward points per ₹100 only on eligible merchant UPI payments; person-to-person transfers are not card purchases.

    Conditions: Two reward points per ₹100 only on eligible merchant UPI payments; person-to-person transfers are not card purchases.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗

  • Other eligible purchase rewards

    Usage-based value

    One reward point per ₹100 on other eligible card purchases.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗

  • 1% fuel-surcharge waiver on eligible ₹400-₹4,000 fuel purchases; fuel does not earn points

    Shown without a cash value
    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
Fees · 1 item

  • Lifetime-free annual fee

    Recorded value ₹-0

    No annual card fee is recorded under the currently reviewed terms.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
Insurance and protection · 1 item

  • Total Protect cover up to the assigned credit limit for eligible lost-card and counterfeit-fraud events reported under issuer terms

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    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
Foreign-currency charges · 1 item

  • Foreign-currency markup

    Usage-based value

    3.5% foreign-currency markup before applicable tax.

    Conditions: Applies to eligible foreign-currency transactions

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
Eligibility and availability · 1 item

  • Application eligibility

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    Application availability: open. No universal verified numeric income threshold is used as a hard filter. IndusInd Bank does not publish one universal numeric income threshold for Platinum RuPay.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
Other benefits · 4 items

  • Lifetime-free RuPay card

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    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗

  • 0.7% effective cash value on eligible merchant UPI purchases

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    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗

  • 0.35% effective cash value on other eligible card purchases

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    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗

  • Total Protect card-loss and counterfeit-fraud cover

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    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
Other categories (12)

These categories have no detailed entries. We distinguish confirmed absences from information that still needs review.

What stands out

  • ✓ Lifetime-free RuPay card
  • ✓ 0.7% effective cash value on eligible merchant UPI purchases
  • ✓ 0.35% effective cash value on other eligible card purchases
  • ✓ Total Protect card-loss and counterfeit-fraud cover

What to watch

The issuer awards two points per ₹100 on UPI and one per ₹100 otherwise, but cash credit is only ₹0.35 per point. The higher 1:1 airline-mile route is not treated as cash value.

Recorded exclusions

Fuel Commute · Cash withdrawal · Fees charges

How GainFair evaluates this card

The personal card advisor applies your monthly spending to category rates, limits rewards at the applicable caps, adds eligible movie, milestone and lounge value, and subtracts annual fees plus foreign-currency markup and GST. It can recommend keeping your current cards when a new card does not create enough incremental value.

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Terms tracker

Card change history

Material changes verified against dated issuer notices. Effective dates can differ from announcement dates.

  1. Value reduced

    Monthly cash-redemption cap introduced

    Cash-credit redemption became limited without changing point earning.

    Before
    The current monthly cash-redemption ceiling did not apply.
    After
    No more than 2,500 points may be redeemed for cash credit per calendar month.
    Checked 24 Sept 2026IndusInd reward redemption update ↗

Issuer sources

Open the sources used for this card's product details, rewards, fees and eligibility.

Product, Eligibility ↗Rewards ↗Fees ↗Change notice ↗

Sources checked 24 Sept 2026 · Latest recorded change effective 1 Sept 2024