The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of starches from rice, potatoes, maize etc., that activity is 10621.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
10621 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of starches from rice, potatoes, maize etc.: a sub-class of class 1062, manufacture of starches and starch 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 106Class 1062Sub-class 10621
Manufacture of starches from rice, potatoes, maize etc.
Sub-class 10621 · Class 1062 · Group 106 · 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.
106215 digits: 10 + 6 + 2 + 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 10621. 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 grain mill products, starches and starch products.
Manufacture of starches and starch products. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of starches from rice, potatoes, maize etc. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
10621 is a sub-class of class 1062, manufacture of starches and starch products. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of lactose (milk sugar), see 1050
- - production of cane or beet sugar, see 1072
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 10621 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of starches from rice, potatoes, maize etc., that activity is 10621.
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
10621 is for manufacture of starches from rice, potatoes, maize etc. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 1062. Each has its own page with the official wording.
10625Class 1062 · another sub-class of the same class10626Class 1062 · another sub-class of the same class10629Class 1062 · another sub-class of the same classClass 1062 has 7 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 10621. 3 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Manufacture of starches from rice, potatoes, maize etc., in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 1062, manufacture of starches and starch products.
Class 1062, manufacture of starches and starch products, has 7 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 10621, those with a page here are: 10625 (Manufacture of tapioca and tapioca substitutes prepared from starch); 10626 (Manufacture of corn oil); 10629 (Manufacture of other starch 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 1062, 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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