The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For other inland water transport n.e.c., that activity is 50219.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
50219 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for other inland water transport n.e.c.: a sub-class of class 5021, inland passenger water transport, within division 50, water transport. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 50Group 502Class 5021Sub-class 50219
Other inland water transport n.e.c.
Sub-class 50219 · Class 5021 · Group 502 · Division 50 · Section H, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
502195 digits: 50 + 2 + 1 + 9NIC 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 50219. 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 50 covers water transport. It sits in section H, transport and storage.
Inland water transport.
Inland passenger water transport.
Other inland water transport n.e.c. 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 50219 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For other inland water transport n.e.c., that activity is 50219.
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
50219 is for other inland water transport n.e.c. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 5021 and other classes in group 502. Each has its own page with the official wording.
Class 5021 has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 50219. 1 of the others are shown here.
These belong to other classes in group 502, inland water transport. 50219 itself is in class 5021. Use the search above for any other code on this page.
Questions
Other inland water transport n.e.c., in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 5021, inland passenger water transport.
Class 5021, inland passenger water transport, has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 50219, those with a page here are: 50212 (River cruise, water taxi, boat services).
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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