The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of pasteurised milk whether or not in bottles/ polythene packs etc. (plain or flavoured), that activity is 10501.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
10501 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of pasteurised milk whether or not in bottles/ polythene packs etc. (plain or flavoured): a sub-class of class 1050, manufacture of dairy products, within division 10, manufacture of food products. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 10Group 105Class 1050Sub-class 10501
Manufacture of pasteurised milk whether or not in bottles/ polythene packs etc. (plain or flavoured)
Sub-class 10501 · Class 1050 · Group 105 · Division 10 · 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.
105015 digits: 10 + 5 + 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 10501. 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 10 covers manufacture of food products. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of dairy products.
Manufacture of dairy products. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of pasteurised milk whether or not in bottles/ polythene packs etc. (plain or flavoured). The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
10501 is a sub-class of class 1050, manufacture of dairy products. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - production of raw milk (cattle), see 0141
- - production of raw milk (camels, etc.), see 0143
- - production of raw milk (sheep, goats, horses, asses, etc.), see 0144
- - manufacture of non-dairy milk and cheese substitutes, see 1079
- - activities of ice cream parlours, see 5610
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 10501 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of pasteurised milk whether or not in bottles/ polythene packs etc. (plain or flavoured), that activity is 10501.
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
10501 is for manufacture of pasteurised milk whether or not in bottles/ polythene packs etc. (plain or flavoured). The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 1050. Each has its own page with the official wording.
10502Class 1050 · another sub-class of the same class10503Class 1050 · another sub-class of the same class10504Class 1050 · another sub-class of the same class10505Class 1050 · another sub-class of the same class10509Class 1050 · another sub-class of the same classClass 1050 has 6 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 10501.
Questions
Manufacture of pasteurised milk whether or not in bottles/ polythene packs etc. (plain or flavoured), in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 1050, manufacture of dairy products.
Class 1050, manufacture of dairy products, has 6 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 10501, they are: 10502 (Manufacture of milk-powder, ice-cream powder and condensed milk except baby milk food); 10503 (Manufacture of baby milk foods); 10504 (Manufacture of cream, butter, cheese, curd, ghee, khoya etc.); 10505 (Manufacture of ice-cream, kulfi etc.); 10509 (Manufacture of other dairy products n.e.c.).
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 1050, 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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