The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 08106.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
08106 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for the activity named above: a sub-class of class 0810, quarrying of stone, sand and clay, 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 081Class 0810Sub-class 08106
Operation of sand or gravel pits, basalt / porphyry, clay (ordinary), crushing and breaking of stone for use as a flux or raw material in lime or cement, manufacture or as building material, road metal or ballast and other materials for construction
Sub-class 08106 · Class 0810 · Group 081 · 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.
081065 digits: 08 + 1 + 0 + 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 08106. 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.
Quarrying of stone, sand and clay.
Quarrying of stone, sand and clay. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Operation of sand or gravel pits, basalt / porphyry, clay (ordinary), crushing and breaking of stone for use as a flux or raw material in lime or cement, manufacture or as building material, road metal or ballast and other materials for construction. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
08106 is a sub-class of class 0810, quarrying of stone, sand and clay. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - mining of bituminous sand, see 0610
- - mining of chemical and fertilizer minerals, see 0891
- - production of calcined dolomite, see 2394
- - cutting, shaping and finishing of stone outside quarries, see 2396
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 08106 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 08106.
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
08106 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 0810. Each has its own page with the official wording.
08107Class 0810 · another sub-class of the same class08109Class 0810 · another sub-class of the same class08101Class 0810 · another sub-class of the same class08102Class 0810 · another sub-class of the same class08103Class 0810 · another sub-class of the same classClass 0810 has 9 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 08106. 5 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Operation of sand or gravel pits, basalt / porphyry, clay (ordinary), crushing and breaking of stone for use as a flux or raw material in lime or cement, manufacture or as building material, road metal or ballast and other materials for construction, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 0810, quarrying of stone, sand and clay.
Class 0810, quarrying of stone, sand and clay, has 9 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 08106, those with a page here are: 08107 (Mining/quarrying of limestone, limeshell, ‘kankar’ and other calcareous minerals including calcite, chalk and shale); 08109 (Mining of refractory non-clay minerals (andalusite, kyanite, sillimanite, dunite, diaspore magnesite, diaspore, magnesite)); 08101 (Quarrying of marble); 08102 (Quarrying of granite); 08103 (Quarrying of slate and building and monumental stone other than marble and granite).
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 0810, 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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