The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For mining of native sulphur or pyrites and pyrrhotites valued chiefly for sulphur, that activity is 08911.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
08911 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for mining of native sulphur or pyrites and pyrrhotites valued chiefly for sulphur: a sub-class of class 0891, mining of chemical and fertilizer minerals, within division 08, other mining and quarrying. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 08Group 089Class 0891Sub-class 08911
Mining of native sulphur or pyrites and pyrrhotites valued chiefly for sulphur
Sub-class 08911 · Class 0891 · Group 089 · Division 08 · 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.
089115 digits: 08 + 9 + 1 + 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 08911. 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 08 covers other mining and quarrying. It sits in section B, mining and quarrying.
Mining and quarrying n.e.c.
Mining of chemical and fertilizer minerals. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Mining of native sulphur or pyrites and pyrrhotites valued chiefly for sulphur. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
08911 is a sub-class of class 0891, mining of chemical and fertilizer minerals. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - extraction of salt, see 0893
- - roasting of iron pyrites, see 2011
- - manufacture of synthetic fertilizers and nitrogen compounds, see 2012
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 08911 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For mining of native sulphur or pyrites and pyrrhotites valued chiefly for sulphur, that activity is 08911.
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
08911 is for mining of native sulphur or pyrites and pyrrhotites valued chiefly for sulphur. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 0891. Each has its own page with the official wording.
Class 0891 has 6 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 08911. 1 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Mining of native sulphur or pyrites and pyrrhotites valued chiefly for sulphur, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 0891, mining of chemical and fertilizer minerals.
Class 0891, mining of chemical and fertilizer minerals, has 6 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 08911, those with a page here are: 08919 (Mining of potash bearing salts/minerals; borate minerals and other fertiliser and chemical minerals 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 0891, 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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