The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of allopathic pharmaceutical preparations, that activity is 21002.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
21002 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of allopathic pharmaceutical preparations: a sub-class of class 2100, manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products, within division 21, manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 21Group 210Class 2100Sub-class 21002
Manufacture of allopathic pharmaceutical preparations
Sub-class 21002 · Class 2100 · Group 210 · Division 21 · Section C, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
210025 digits: 21 + 0 + 0 + 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 21002. 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 21 covers manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products.
Manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of allopathic pharmaceutical preparations. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
21002 is a sub-class of class 2100, manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of herb infusions (mint, vervain, chamomile etc.), see 1079
- - wholesale of pharmaceuticals, see 4649
- - retail sale of pharmaceuticals, see 4772
- - packaging of pharmaceuticals, see 8292
- - manufacture of dental fillings and dental cement, see 3250
- - research and development for pharmaceuticals and biotech pharmaceuticals, see 7210
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 21002 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of allopathic pharmaceutical preparations, that activity is 21002.
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
21002 is for manufacture of allopathic pharmaceutical preparations. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 2100. Each has its own page with the official wording.
21003Class 2100 · another sub-class of the same class21004Class 2100 · another sub-class of the same class21005Class 2100 · another sub-class of the same class21006Class 2100 · another sub-class of the same class21009Class 2100 · another sub-class of the same classClass 2100 has 7 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 21002. 5 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Manufacture of allopathic pharmaceutical preparations, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 2100, manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products.
Class 2100, manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products, has 7 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 21002, those with a page here are: 21003 (Manufacture of `ayurvedic’ or `unani’ pharmaceutical preparation); 21004 (Manufacture of homoeopathic or biochemic pharmaceutical preparations); 21005 (Manufacture of veterinary preparations); 21006 (Manufacture of medical impregnated wadding, gauze, bandages, dressings, surgical gut string etc.); 21009 (Manufacture of other pharmaceutical and botanical products n.e.c. like heena powder etc.).
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, and the explanatory note for class 2100, 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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