The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of disinfectants (for agricultural and other use), that activity is 20212.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
20212 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of disinfectants (for agricultural and other use): a sub-class of class 2021, manufacture of pesticides and other agrochemical products, within division 20, manufacture of chemicals and chemical products. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 20Group 202Class 2021Sub-class 20212
Manufacture of disinfectants (for agricultural and other use)
Sub-class 20212 · Class 2021 · Group 202 · Division 20 · 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.
202125 digits: 20 + 2 + 1 + 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 20212. 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 20 covers manufacture of chemicals and chemical products. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of other chemical products.
Manufacture of pesticides and other agrochemical products. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of disinfectants (for agricultural and other use). The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
20212 is a sub-class of class 2021, manufacture of pesticides and other agrochemical products. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of fertilizers and nitrogen compounds, see 2012
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 20212 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of disinfectants (for agricultural and other use), that activity is 20212.
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
20212 is for manufacture of disinfectants (for agricultural and other use). The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 2021. Each has its own page with the official wording.
20213Class 2021 · another sub-class of the same class20219Class 2021 · another sub-class of the same class20211Class 2021 · another sub-class of the same classClass 2021 has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 20212.
Questions
Manufacture of disinfectants (for agricultural and other use), in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 2021, manufacture of pesticides and other agrochemical products.
Class 2021, manufacture of pesticides and other agrochemical products, has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 20212, they are: 20213 (Manufacture of anti-sprouting products, plant growth regulators); 20219 (Manufacture of other agrochemical products n.e.c.); 20211 (Manufacture of insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides).
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 2021, 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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