Currency and formatting
- Currency
- Indian Rupee (INR)
- Symbol
- ₹ — placed before the amount
- Decimal places
- 2
- Formatted example
- ₹1,23,456.78
- Thousands separator
- ,
- Decimal separator
- .
- Digit grouping
- lakh/crore (3,2)
- Live rate
- 1 USD = 96.354321095316 INR (ecb, 2026-07-16)
Tax
- 0% — nil
- 3% — gold
- 5% — merit
- 40% — sin luxury
Payment methods in India
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 upi
- 02 cash on delivery
- 03 card
- 04 netbanking
- 05 wallet
- 06 paylater
Card schemes that work domestically: visa, mastercard, rupay, amex, diners. 3-D Secure is standard practice; strong customer authentication is legally mandated.
Locale
- Primary
- hi-IN
- Also used
- en-IN, bn-IN, ta-IN, te-IN, mr-IN
- Official languages
- Hindi, English
- Regional
- Bangla, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, Punjabi, Assamese, Maithili, Nepali, Santali, Kashmiri, Konkani, Sindhi, Sindhi (Devanagari), Khasi, Sanskrit
- Direction
- left-to-right
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- no
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +91
- Mobile format
- +91 XXXXX XXXXX
- Digits
- 10
India: common questions
What currency does India use?
India uses the Indian Rupee (INR), symbol ₹. It uses 2 decimal places, formatted as ₹1,23,456.78.
How many decimal places does INR have?
INR has 2 decimal places. Charging with the wrong number of minor units is a 100× error, so this is worth getting right.
What is the GST rate in India?
The standard GST rate in India is 18.00%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.
What payment methods are used in India?
The methods that matter in India, in rough order of use: upi, cash on delivery, card, netbanking, wallet, paylater.
What is the dialling code for India?
India's country calling code is +91. Mobile numbers are formatted +91 XXXXX XXXXX (10 digits after the country code).
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