NIC 854004 classifies tertiary education at post graduate level (masters degree courses) other than diploma courses and medical courses as a final six-digit education or training activity under Section Q and Division...
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Source: NCO-2015-OFFICIAL, 2026-08-03
NIC 854004 is the final six-digit endpoint for Tertiary Education at Post Graduate level (Masters Degree courses) other than diploma courses and Medical courses. It should be selected only when the enterprise's primary education or training activity matches this title more closely than 854001 Tertiary education at Under Graduate level with programme duration of upto 4 years, 854002 Professional and Second level Under Graduate Programs like B. Ed, B. Arc. LLB, and similar professional courses, 854003 Tertiary Medical Education.
Choose 854004 only when operations, invoices and revenue narrative align with Tertiary Education at Post Graduate level (Masters Degree courses) other than diploma courses and Medical courses. If the activity also includes 854001 Tertiary education at Under Graduate level with programme duration of upto 4 years, 854002 Professional and Second level Under Graduate Programs like B. Ed, B. Arc. LLB, and similar professional courses, 854003 Tertiary Medical Education, compare those pages before filing.
Education and health codes should match the actual service delivered: school, college, training, hospital, clinic, diagnostic lab, dental care, residential care or social assistance. Do not choose a broad code only because the sector sounds related.
Use the Sub-class for the main service delivered to students, patients, residents or beneficiaries. Cleaning, catering, transport or administration support should not drive the primary NIC code unless those are the paid services.
Check the parent hierarchy, compare 854001 Tertiary education at Under Graduate level with programme duration of upto 4 years, 854002 Professional and Second level Under Graduate Programs like B. Ed, B. Arc. LLB, and similar professional courses, 854003 Tertiary Medical Education, 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 854004 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.
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2026-04-21 from the generated NIC 2025 source layer used in this build.
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