The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of hand pumps, that activity is 28131.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
28131 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of hand pumps: a sub-class of class 2813, manufacture of other pumps, compressors, taps and valves, within division 28, manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 28Group 281Class 2813Sub-class 28131
Manufacture of hand pumps
Sub-class 28131 · Class 2813 · Group 281 · Division 28 · 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.
281315 digits: 28 + 1 + 3 + 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 28131. 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 28 covers manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of general purpose machinery.
Manufacture of other pumps, compressors, taps and valves. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of hand pumps. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
28131 is a sub-class of class 2813, manufacture of other pumps, compressors, taps and valves. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of valves of unhardened vulcanized rubber, glass or of ceramic materials, see 2219, 2310 or 2393
- - manufacture of hydraulic transmission equipment, see 2812
- - manufacture of inlet and exhaust valves of internal combustion engines, see 2811
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 28131 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of hand pumps, that activity is 28131.
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
28131 is for manufacture of hand pumps. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 2813. Each has its own page with the official wording.
Class 2813 has 2 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 28131.
Questions
Manufacture of hand pumps, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 2813, manufacture of other pumps, compressors, taps and valves.
Class 2813, manufacture of other pumps, compressors, taps and valves, has 2 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 28131, they are: 28132 (Manufacture of other pumps, compressors, taps and valves 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 2813, 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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