The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste, that activity is 38210.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
38210 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste: a sub-class of class 3821, treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste, within division 38, waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 38Group 382Class 3821Sub-class 38210
Treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste
Sub-class 38210 · Class 3821 · Group 382 · Division 38 · Section E, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
382105 digits: 38 + 2 + 1 + 0NIC 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 38210. 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 38 covers waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery. It sits in section E, water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities.
Waste treatment and disposal.
Treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
38210 is a sub-class of class 3821, treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class includes the disposal, treatment prior to disposal and other treatment of solid or non-solid non-hazardous waste.
This class excludes:
- - incineration and combustion of hazardous waste, see 3822
- - operation of facilities where commingled recoverable materials such as paper, plastics, used beverage cans and metals, are sorted into distinct categories, see 3830
- - decontamination, clean up of land, water; toxic material abatement, see 3900
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 38210 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste, that activity is 38210.
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
38210 is for treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: other classes in group 382. Each has its own page with the official wording.
These belong to other classes in group 382, waste treatment and disposal. 38210 itself is in class 3821. Use the search above for any other code on this page.
Questions
Treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 3821, treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste.
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 3821, 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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