The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For activities of cine-clubs, that activity is 59142.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
59142 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for activities of cine-clubs: a sub-class of class 5914, motion picture projection activities, within division 59, motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 59Group 591Class 5914Sub-class 59142
Activities of cine-clubs
Sub-class 59142 · Class 5914 · Group 591 · Division 59 · Section J, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
591425 digits: 59 + 1 + 4 + 2NIC 2025 · Notice dated 16 October 2026
On 18 November 2025 the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released NIC 2025, which uses 6-digit codes aligned with the UN's ISIC Revision 5. This page shows the NIC 2008 code 59142. The matching NIC 2025 code will be added here once it is mapped from MoSPI's official concordance.
How to read it
An NIC code is built in layers. Each digit narrows the one before it: the division, the group, the class, and finally the 5-digit sub-class. Divisions themselves are grouped under lettered sections.
The broadest numbered layer. Division 59 covers motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities. It sits in section J, information and communication.
Motion picture, video and television programme activities.
Motion picture projection activities.
Activities of cine-clubs. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 59142 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For activities of cine-clubs, that activity is 59142.
The company incorporation form asks for the main industrial activity of the proposed company by NIC code.
Not GST. GST registration does not use NIC codes; goods and services there are classified by HSN and SAC codes.
Choosing the right code
59142 is for activities of cine-clubs. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 5914 and other classes in group 591. Each has its own page with the official wording.
Class 5914 has 2 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 59142.
These belong to other classes in group 591, motion picture, video and television programme activities. 59142 itself is in class 5914. Use the search above for any other code on this page.
Questions
Activities of cine-clubs, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 5914, motion picture projection activities.
Class 5914, motion picture projection activities, has 2 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 59142, they are: 59141 (Motion picture or video tape projection in cinemas, in the open air or in other projection facilities).
In Udyam Registration, which asks for the business activity by NIC code, and in the SPICe+ company incorporation form, which asks for the main industrial activity by NIC code. GST registration does not use NIC codes.
About this page
The section, division, group, class and sub-class on this page are taken word for word from the official document “National Industrial Classification (All Economic Activities) 2008”, Central Statistical Organisation, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India.
This is reference information on the classification of a business activity. It is not advice on which code your own business should declare, and the official NIC document prevails if the two ever differ. A change in the classification, including the MoSPI concordance to NIC 2025, re-opens this page for checking.
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