The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of gas, that activity is 35201.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
35201 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of gas: a sub-class of class 3520, manufacture of gas; distribution of gaseous fuels through mains, within division 35, electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 35Group 352Class 3520Sub-class 35201
Manufacture of gas
Sub-class 35201 · Class 3520 · Group 352 · Division 35 · Section D, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
352015 digits: 35 + 2 + 0 + 1NIC 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 35201. 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 35 covers electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply. It sits in section D, electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply.
Manufacture of gas; distribution of gaseous fuels through mains.
Manufacture of gas; distribution of gaseous fuels through mains. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of gas. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
35201 is a sub-class of class 3520, manufacture of gas; distribution of gaseous fuels through mains. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - operation of coke ovens, see 1910
- - manufacture of refined petroleum products, see 1920
- - manufacture of industrial gases, see 2011
- - wholesale of gaseous fuels, see 4661
- - retail sale of bottled gas, see 4773
- - direct selling of fuel, see 4799
- - (long-distance) transportation of gases by pipelines, see 4930
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 35201 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of gas, that activity is 35201.
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
35201 is for manufacture of gas. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 3520. Each has its own page with the official wording.
Class 3520 has 2 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 35201.
Questions
Manufacture of gas, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 3520, manufacture of gas; distribution of gaseous fuels through mains.
Class 3520, manufacture of gas; distribution of gaseous fuels through mains, has 2 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 35201, they are: 35202 (Disrtibution and sale of gaseous fuels through mains).
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 3520, 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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