The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For operation of fish hatcheries (marine), that activity is 03215.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
03215 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for operation of fish hatcheries (marine): a sub-class of class 0321, marine aquaculture, within division 03, fishing and aquaculture. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 03Group 032Class 0321Sub-class 03215
Operation of fish hatcheries (marine)
Sub-class 03215 · Class 0321 · Group 032 · Division 03 · Section A, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
032155 digits: 03 + 2 + 1 + 5NIC 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 03215. 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 03 covers fishing and aquaculture. It sits in section A, agriculture, forestry and fishing.
Aquaculture.
Marine aquaculture. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Operation of fish hatcheries (marine). The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
03215 is a sub-class of class 0321, marine aquaculture. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - frog farming, see 0322
- - operation of sport fishing preserves, see 9319
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 03215 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For operation of fish hatcheries (marine), that activity is 03215.
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
03215 is for operation of fish hatcheries (marine). The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 0321 and other classes in group 032. Each has its own page with the official wording.
03211Class 0321 · another sub-class of the same class03214Class 0321 · another sub-class of the same classClass 0321 has 6 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 03215. 2 of the others are shown here.
These belong to other classes in group 032, aquaculture. 03215 itself is in class 0321. Use the search above for any other code on this page.
Questions
Operation of fish hatcheries (marine), in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 0321, marine aquaculture.
Class 0321, marine aquaculture, has 6 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 03215, those with a page here are: 03211 (Fish farming in sea water including farming of marine ornamental fish); 03214 (Aquaculture activities in brackish waters and in salt water filled tanks or reservoirs).
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 0321, 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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