Raising and breeding of cattle and buffaloes including production of raw milk and meat.
Use this mapping when the farm raises cattle or buffaloes and produces raw milk. Processing milk into packaged products is manufacturing.
For a dairy farm centred on raising cattle or buffaloes and producing raw milk, NIC 014101 is the principal NIC 2025 code to examine. The official activity covers raising and breeding of cattle and buffaloes, including production of raw milk and meat. This makes the code appropriate for the farm-level animal-production activity before milk is transformed into processed dairy products.
A dairy farm may keep cows or buffaloes, manage breeding, feeding, milking and herd care, and sell raw milk. That is animal production. If the same enterprise also manufactures paneer, butter, ghee, cheese, packaged dairy beverages or other processed products, the processing line can require a separate manufacturing classification. The NIC should follow each economically distinct stage rather than treating the entire dairy value chain as one activity.
A retailer selling packaged milk is not a dairy farm. A distributor transporting or wholesaling milk is also performing a different activity. NIC 014101 fits when the enterprise itself raises cattle or buffaloes and the livestock operation is central to revenue. The source of the product matters.
Some farms combine dairy cattle, crop cultivation, poultry, fodder production or food processing. Instead of forcing everything under 014101, identify which lines are independently significant. Udyam and other systems can allow more than one activity code, so the enterprise description can reflect its actual operating model.
“Raising and breeding of cattle and buffaloes for production of raw milk” is a precise activity statement. It is more useful than “dairy business”, which could mean farming, milk collection, dairy manufacturing, wholesale or retail.
For a conventional cattle/buffalo dairy farm, 014101 is the strongest NIC 2025 starting point. Once the business moves beyond raw farm output into processing, retail, transport or another major activity, those lines should be evaluated separately.
When the enterprise owns or controls the cattle or buffaloes, bears the husbandry cost and sells the raw farm output, the animal-production character is clear. A milk collection centre buying milk from independent farmers has a different role even though both businesses handle the same commodity.
Use for manufacturing pasteurized, sterilized, homogenized or UHT liquid milk.
NIC 014601 Raising and breeding of poultry like chickens and capons, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls for eggs and meatUse for poultry raising and breeding.
For a typical dairy farming, the primary NIC 2025 code to investigate is 014101 - Raising and breeding of cattle and buffaloes including production of raw milk and meat.
Use this page as a shortlist and then verify the final code against the linked official NIC page. NIC describes the economic activity. It does not issue a licence, replace GST/HSN/SAC classification, or guarantee approval in Udyam, MCA or any regulated filing.
Choose the NIC code that matches the principal activity, usually the activity that generates the largest share of revenue or best describes the entity being registered.