The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For mining of lead and zinc ore, that activity is 07296.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
07296 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for mining of lead and zinc ore: a sub-class of class 0729, mining of other non-ferrous metal ores, within division 07, mining of metal ores. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 07Group 072Class 0729Sub-class 07296
Mining of lead and zinc ore
Sub-class 07296 · Class 0729 · Group 072 · Division 07 · Section B, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
072965 digits: 07 + 2 + 9 + 6NIC 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 07296. 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 07 covers mining of metal ores. It sits in section B, mining and quarrying.
Mining of non-ferrous metal ores.
Mining of other non-ferrous metal ores. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Mining of lead and zinc ore. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
07296 is a sub-class of class 0729, mining of other non-ferrous metal ores. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - mining and preparation of uranium and thorium ores, see 0721
- - production of aluminium oxide and mattes of nickel or of copper, see 2420
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 07296 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For mining of lead and zinc ore, that activity is 07296.
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
07296 is for mining of lead and zinc ore. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 0729. Each has its own page with the official wording.
07299Class 0729 · another sub-class of the same class07292Class 0729 · another sub-class of the same class07293Class 0729 · another sub-class of the same class07295Class 0729 · another sub-class of the same classClass 0729 has 7 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 07296. 4 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Mining of lead and zinc ore, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 0729, mining of other non-ferrous metal ores.
Class 0729, mining of other non-ferrous metal ores, has 7 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 07296, those with a page here are: 07299 (Mining of other non-ferrous metal ores, n.e.c. [titanium ( ilmenite and rutile) ,niobium, tantalum, vanadium or zirconium ores; tin bearing ores; and, nickel, cobalt, tungsten, molybdenum, antimony and other non-ferrous metal ores]); 07292 (Mining of aluminium ore (bauxite)); 07293 (Mining of manganese ore); 07295 (Mining of precious metal ore (gold, silver)).
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 0729, 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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