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Best Credit Cards for Groceries & Supermarkets in India

Grocery rates vary by merchant. Several cards give a high rate but cap it per month, so we run the cap.

Ranked for a family spending ₹20,000 a month on groceries: Groceries ₹20,000, Bills & utilities ₹6,000, Fuel ₹4,000, Everything else ₹10,000. Change these numbers in the calculator. Values are best-case: points at their best redemption value and spend milestones included (vouchers at half of face value).

Top picks

  1. 1

    HSBC Live+ Credit Card

    HSBC India · fee ₹999 (waived at this spend) min income ≈ ₹50,000/month
    ₹13,015a year on groceries, after fee share
    Rewards ₹18,720Milestones ₹0Fee −₹0All spend: ₹18,720 net
    See official terms Full review
  2. 2

    Swiggy BLCK HDFC Bank

    HDFC Bank · fee ₹1,000 (waived at this spend)
    ₹11,040a year on groceries, after fee share
    Rewards ₹12,960Milestones ₹0Fee −₹0All spend: ₹12,960 net
    See official terms Full review
  3. 3

    Swiggy Ornge HDFC Bank

    HDFC Bank · fee ₹500 (waived at this spend) min income ≈ ₹20,000/month
    ₹6,240a year on groceries, after fee share
    Rewards ₹8,160Milestones ₹0Fee −₹0All spend: ₹8,160 net
    See official terms Full review
  4. 4

    Cashback SBI Card

    SBI Card · fee ₹999 (waived at this spend)
    ₹6,240a year on groceries, after fee share
    Rewards ₹7,440Milestones ₹0Fee −₹0All spend: ₹7,440 net
    See official terms Full review
  5. 5

    IDFC FIRST Power+ Credit Card (HPCL fuel)

    IDFC FIRST Bank · fee ₹499 (waived at this spend) partly verified
    ₹6,000a year on groceries, after fee share
    Rewards ₹9,120Milestones ₹0Fee −₹0All spend: ₹9,120 net
    See official terms Full review
  6. 6

    BPCL SBI Card OCTANE

    SBI Card · fee ₹1,499 (waived at this spend) partly verified
    ₹6,000a year on groceries, after fee share
    Rewards ₹7,980Milestones ₹1,000Fee −₹0All spend: ₹8,980 net
    See official terms Full review
  7. 7

    IDFC FIRST Power Credit Card (HPCL fuel)

    IDFC FIRST Bank · fee ₹199 min income ≈ ₹25,000/month partly verified
    ₹5,901a year on groceries, after fee share
    Rewards ₹8,703Milestones ₹0Fee −₹199All spend: ₹8,504 net
    See official terms Full review
  8. 8

    Tata Neu Infinity HDFC Bank

    HDFC Bank · fee ₹1,499 (waived at this spend) min income ≈ ₹1,00,000/month
    ₹5,280a year on groceries, after fee share
    Rewards ₹8,664Milestones ₹0Fee −₹0All spend: ₹8,664 net
    See official terms Full review

What the numbers show: HSBC Live+ Credit Card leads this list at ₹13,015 a year on groceries after its share of the fee (₹18,720 net on the whole profile), about ₹1,975 ahead of Swiggy BLCK HDFC Bank. This list is ranked on that category only, not on the whole profile.

How to read this ranking

Grocery results hinge on whether you shop in store or on a delivery app. HSBC Live+ pays 10% on groceries (shared ₹1,200-a-month cap with dining, shopping and utilities); the Swiggy HDFC cards pay 5% (ORNGE) or 10% (BLCK) only on Instamart; SBI Cashback pays 5% only when the purchase is online and 1% in store, and our model assumes 40% of grocery spend is online. On a ₹20,000-a-month grocery profile the HSBC cap is reached by groceries alone (₹20,000 × 10% would be ₹2,000, capped at ₹1,200). On grocery earnings alone the page shows HSBC Live+ ₹13,015, Swiggy BLCK ₹11,040 (40% assumed on Instamart), then Swiggy ORNGE and SBI Cashback at ₹6,240 each, and fifth-place IDFC FIRST Power+ is only partly verified.

Most cards cap or limit grocery earnings: ICICI Coral pays 2 reward points per ₹100 on groceries up to ₹20,000 spend per statement cycle (ICICI MITC), and HDFC Regalia Gold caps grocery points at 2,000 a month. If your grocery bill is large, check the cap before the rate.

Figures come from the issuers' own terms as recorded on each card page (sources and check dates are listed there). Estimates, not offers.

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How was this "best credit cards for groceries" list ranked?

We ran a family spending ₹20,000 a month on groceries (about ₹40,000 a month of card spend in total) through each card's reward rules, caps, fee and milestones and ranked on what each card earns on groceries alone, after its share of the fee. Affiliate payouts play no part in the ranking.

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