NIC 105003 classifies manufacture of butter and ghee (excluding vanaspati ghee) of all kinds including salted and unsalted as a final six-digit manufacturing activity under Section C and Division 10. Use it when this...
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NIC 105003 is the final six-digit endpoint for Manufacture of butter and ghee (excluding vanaspati ghee) of all kinds including salted and unsalted. It should be selected only when the enterprise's primary manufacturing activity matches this title more closely than 105001 Manufacture of pasteurized, sterilized, homogenized and/or ultra heat treated liquid milk (plain or flavoured), 105002 Manufacture of milk-powder, cream in solid form, ice-cream powder and condensed milk except baby milk food, 105004 Manufacture of milk products such as cream, cheese, curd, khoya, paneer, yoghurt, whey and similar products, excluding butter and ghee.
Choose 105003 only when operations, invoices and revenue narrative align with Manufacture of butter and ghee (excluding vanaspati ghee) of all kinds including salted and unsalted. If the activity also includes 105001 Manufacture of pasteurized, sterilized, homogenized and/or ultra heat treated liquid milk (plain or flavoured), 105002 Manufacture of milk-powder, cream in solid form, ice-cream powder and condensed milk except baby milk food, 105004 Manufacture of milk products such as cream, cheese, curd, khoya, paneer, yoghurt, whey and similar products, excluding butter and ghee, compare those pages before filing.
Manufacturing codes apply when the business transforms inputs into a new product through mechanical, chemical, manual or industrial processes. Pure buying and resale should be checked under wholesale or retail trade.
Choose the Sub-class that best matches the main product line by revenue or production value. If multiple product lines are material, compare 105001 Manufacture of pasteurized, sterilized, homogenized and/or ultra heat treated liquid milk (plain or flavoured), 105002 Manufacture of milk-powder, cream in solid form, ice-cream powder and condensed milk except baby milk food, 105004 Manufacture of milk products such as cream, cheese, curd, khoya, paneer, yoghurt, whey and similar products, excluding butter and ghee and document the primary activity before filing.
Check the parent hierarchy, compare 105001 Manufacture of pasteurized, sterilized, homogenized and/or ultra heat treated liquid milk (plain or flavoured), 105002 Manufacture of milk-powder, cream in solid form, ice-cream powder and condensed milk except baby milk food, 105004 Manufacture of milk products such as cream, cheese, curd, khoya, paneer, yoghurt, whey and similar products, excluding butter and ghee, and confirm that the official title matches the main revenue activity. For regulated or filing-critical decisions, verify the source row in the MoSPI dataset.
A wrong code can cause mismatched business descriptions, follow-up questions or later compliance cleanup. It is better to compare nearby codes before filing than to correct a weak classification later.
Use the legacy converter only as a migration aid. Old NIC 2008 matches can suggest where to look, but NIC 2025 should remain the primary reference for new code selection.
NIC 105003 should be selected only when the official title matches the main revenue-generating activity. If the business also trades, transports, processes, installs or supports the same product or service, compare nearby NIC pages before filing. This reduces the risk of choosing a code that describes the product being handled rather than the activity your enterprise actually performs.
Official NIC 2025 Excel and PDF from MoSPI.
2026-04-21 from the generated NIC 2025 source layer used in this build.
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