Independent card analysis

Reliance SBI Card

SBI Card · RuPay · Entry card

A low-fee co-brand choice for Reliance shoppers with additional value on dining and movies.

Best suited to

Regular AJIO, JioMart and Reliance Retail shoppers seeking an entry-level RuPay card.

Authored and reviewed by GainFair
Terms checked 24 Sept 2026
Annual fee
₹499 + GST
Joining fee
₹499 + GST
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%
AJIO and JioMart only
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%
Insurance premiums
0.3%
Other miscellaneous
0.3%
Fuel & commute
0%
House rent
0%

Caps and fee waiver

Reward caps
No general cap recorded
Annual fee waiver
At ₹1,00,000 annual spending
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 · 7 items
  • AJIO and JioMart points

    Usage-based value

    Ten points per ₹100 only at eligible AJIO and JioMart online stores when paid by card.

    Conditions: Ten points per ₹100 only at eligible AJIO and JioMart online stores when paid by card.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • Participating Reliance store points

    Usage-based value

    Five points per ₹100 only at Reliance Retail MIDs or TIDs supplied to SBI Card and paid by card.

    Conditions: Five points per ₹100 only at Reliance Retail MIDs or TIDs supplied to SBI Card and paid by card.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • Participating Reliance store UPI points

    Usage-based value

    RuPay UPI at participating Reliance stores earns one point per ₹100, not the card-payment accelerator.

    Conditions: RuPay UPI at participating Reliance stores earns one point per ₹100, not the card-payment accelerator.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • Dining and movie incremental points

    Usage-based value

    Four incremental points per ₹100 at the published dining and movie MCCs; the ordinary one point continues after the bonus cap.

    Conditions: Four incremental points per ₹100 at the published dining and movie MCCs; the ordinary one point continues after the bonus cap.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • Government-payment exclusion

    Usage-based value

    Government transactions at the published MCCs earn no points.

    Conditions: Government transactions at the published MCCs earn no points.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • Other eligible retail points

    Usage-based value

    One point per ₹100 on other eligible retail purchases.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • Dining and movie bonus retains base rewards after its statement cap

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    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
Fees · 2 items
  • Annual card fee

    Cost ₹499

    ₹499 annual fee before applicable tax.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • Joining fee

    Cost ₹499

    ₹499 one-time joining fee before applicable tax.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
Fee waiver · 2 items
  • Annual fee waiver

    Usage-based · up to ₹499

    Annual fee may be waived after ₹1,00,000 of eligible annual spending.

    Conditions: Reach ₹1,00,000 eligible annual spending

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • ₹499 renewal fee waived at ₹1 lakh eligible annual spend

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    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
Welcome benefits · 2 items
  • ₹500 Reliance Retail voucher

    Recorded value ₹500

    Fixed-face-value Reliance Retail welcome voucher.

    Conditions: Pay the applicable ₹499 joining fee · Voucher validity, eligible-product and single-use terms apply

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • Reliance discount voucher package

    Shown without a cash value

    Issuer-advertised discounts with face value up to ₹3,200; no guaranteed cash value is assigned.

    Conditions: Pay the applicable joining fee · Each voucher retains merchant, minimum-spend, product and validity restrictions

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
Spend milestones · 3 items
  • ₹500, ₹750 and ₹1,000 Reliance Retail milestone vouchers at ₹25,000, ₹50,000 and ₹80,000 of qualifying Reliance Retail spend respectively; not auto-valued from broad category spend

    Shown without a cash value
    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • Published discount-voucher package has face value up to ₹3,200 but is not treated as cash

    Shown without a cash value
    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • 2.5% value in Reliance vouchers at AJIO and JioMart

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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

    Shown without a cash value

    Application availability: open. No universal verified numeric income threshold is used as a hard filter. SBI Card does not publish one universal numeric income threshold for Reliance SBI Card.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
Other benefits · 2 items
  • 1% fuel-surcharge waiver capped at ₹100 per statement cycle on eligible ₹500-₹4,000 fuel purchases

    Shown without a cash value
    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
  • 1.25% at participating Reliance stores when paid by card

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    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-24Official source ↗
Other categories (10)

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

What stands out

  • ✓ 2.5% value in Reliance vouchers at AJIO and JioMart
  • ✓ 1.25% at participating Reliance stores when paid by card
  • ✓ Dining and movie bonus retains base rewards after its statement cap
  • ✓ ₹499 renewal fee waived at ₹1 lakh eligible annual spend

What to watch

Reliance rates require the exact participating merchant and payment rail. UPI at participating Reliance stores earns only the 0.25% base value, and milestone vouchers require Reliance Retail spend that the broad category model cannot safely infer.

Recorded exclusions

Fuel Commute · Rent · Wallet load · Cash withdrawal · Balance transfer · Merchant emi · Flexipay · 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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Issuer sources

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Sources checked 24 Sept 2026 · Latest recorded change effective 1 Oct 2025