The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 30203.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
30203 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for the activity named above: a sub-class of class 3020, manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock, within division 30, manufacture of other transport equipment. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 30Group 302Class 3020Sub-class 30203
Manufacture of railway or tramway rolling stock, not self-propelled (passenger coaches, goods vans, tank wagons, self-discharging vans and wagons, workshop vans, crane vans, tenders etc.)
Sub-class 30203 · Class 3020 · Group 302 · Division 30 · 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.
302035 digits: 30 + 2 + 0 + 3NIC 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 30203. 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 30 covers manufacture of other transport equipment. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock.
Manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of railway or tramway rolling stock, not self-propelled (passenger coaches, goods vans, tank wagons, self-discharging vans and wagons, workshop vans, crane vans, tenders etc.). The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
30203 is a sub-class of class 3020, manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of unassembled rails, see 2410
- - manufacture of assembled railway track fixtures, see 2599
- - manufacture of electric motors, see 2710
- - manufacture of electrical signalling, safety or traffic-control equipment, see 2790
- - manufacture of engines and turbines, see 2811
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 30203 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 30203.
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
30203 is for the activity named at the top of this page. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 3020. Each has its own page with the official wording.
30204Class 3020 · another sub-class of the same class30205Class 3020 · another sub-class of the same class30206Class 3020 · another sub-class of the same class30201Class 3020 · another sub-class of the same classClass 3020 has 6 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 30203. 4 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Manufacture of railway or tramway rolling stock, not self-propelled (passenger coaches, goods vans, tank wagons, self-discharging vans and wagons, workshop vans, crane vans, tenders etc.), in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 3020, manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock.
Class 3020, manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock, has 6 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 30203, those with a page here are: 30204 (Manufacture of specialized parts of railway or tramway locomotives or of rolling stock (bogies, axles and wheels, brakes and parts of brakes; hooks and coupling devices, buffers and buffer parts; shock absorbers; wagon and locomotive frames; bodies; corridor connections etc.)); 30205 (Manufacture of mechanical and electro-mechanical signalling safety and traffic control equipment for railways, tramways, inland waterways, roads, parking facilities, airfields etc.); 30206 (Manufacture of mining locomotives and mining rail cars); 30201 (Manufacture of electric, diesel, steam and other rail locomotives).
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 3020, 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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