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Main purpose of Industry Classification is to provide a set of activity categories that can be utilized for the collection and reporting of statistics according to such activities.
### 1. Commodities
- **Chemicals & Petrochemicals**: Includes commodity chemicals, specialty chemicals, carbon black, dyes and pigments, explosives, petrochemicals, printing inks, and trading of chemicals.
- **Fertilizers & Agrochemicals**: Covers fertilizers, pesticides, and agrochemicals.
- **Construction Materials**: Encompasses cement and other construction materials.
- **Metals & Mining**: Divided into ferrous metals (iron & steel, pig iron, sponge iron), non-ferrous metals (aluminum, copper, zinc, precious metals), diversified metals, industrial minerals, and trading of metals and minerals.
- **Forest Materials**: Includes paper, forest products, and jute products.
### 2. Consumer Discretionary
- **Automobile and Auto Components**: Passenger cars, utility vehicles, 2/3 wheelers, auto-dealers, auto components & equipment, tires, and trading of auto components.
- **Consumer Durables**: Cycles, consumer electronics, furniture, home furnishing, ceramics, gems, jewelry, watches, household appliances, houseware, leather products, leisure products, plastic products, plywood boards, sanitary ware, paints, and diversified consumer products.
- **Textiles**: Garments, apparels, other textile products, and trading of textile products.
- **Media, Entertainment & Publication**: Advertising agencies, electronic media, web-based media, print media, film production, digital entertainment, TV broadcasting, printing & publication.
- **Realty**: Residential, commercial projects, real estate services, real estate investment trusts (REITs).
- **Consumer Services**: Leisure services (hotels, resorts, restaurants, amusement parks, wellness facilities, tour services), education (classroom and e-learning), food storage facilities, other consumer services.
- **Retailing**: Specialty retail, pharmacy retail, diversified retail, e-retail, internet & catalogue retail, distributors.
### 3. Energy
- **Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels**: Gas (transmission, LPG/CNG/PNG/LNG supply, trading), oil (exploration, offshore support, storage & transportation, equipment & services), petroleum products (refineries, marketing, lubricants), consumable fuels (coal exploration, mining, trading).
### 4. Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
- **Agricultural Food & Other Products**: Edible oil, sugar, tea, coffee, other agricultural products.
- **Beverages**: Breweries, distilleries, other beverages.
- **Cigarettes & Tobacco Products**: Cigarettes, other tobacco products.
- **Food Products**: Animal feed, dairy products, other food products, packaged foods, seafood, meat products.
- **Personal Products**: Personal care items.
- **Household Products**: Household items, stationery, diversified FMCG products.
### 5. Financial Services
- **Finance**: Financial institutions, housing finance companies, investment companies, non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), microfinance institutions, securitization trusts.
- **Banks**: Public sector banks, private sector banks, other banks.
- **Capital Markets**: Asset management companies, depositories, clearing houses, financial product distributors, ratings agencies, exchange platforms, stockbroking, other capital market services.
- **Insurance**: General insurance, life insurance, other insurance companies, insurance distributors.
- **Financial Technology (Fintech)**: Banking, payment processing, brokerage, aggregation, distribution of financial products.
### 6. Healthcare
- **Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology**: Pharmaceutical manufacturing, distribution, biotechnology.
- **Healthcare Equipment & Supplies**: Medical equipment and supplies.
- **Healthcare Services**: Hospitals, diagnostic services, healthcare research, analytics, technology.
### 7. Industrials
- **Construction**: Civil construction.
- **Capital Goods**: Aerospace & defense, agricultural vehicles, commercial vehicles, construction vehicles, heavy electrical equipment, other electrical equipment, industrial manufacturing (railway wagons, shipbuilding, industrial products).
- **Industrial Products**: Cables, castings, packaging, industrial plastics, rubber, glass, other industrial products, iron & steel products, abrasives, bearings, compressors, electrodes.
### 8. Information Technology
- **Software**: Software development, consulting, software products.
- **Services**: IT-enabled services.
- **Hardware**: Computer hardware, equipment.
### 9. Services
- **Engineering Services**: Dredging.
- **Transport Services**: Airlines, logistics, railways, road transport, shipping, other transport-related services.
- **Transport Infrastructure**: Airports, ports, road assets.
- **Commercial Services**: Trading, consulting, data processing, diversified commercial services, business process outsourcing.
- **Public Services**: Urban local bodies, development authorities.
### 10. Telecommunication
- **Services**: Cellular & fixed-line services, telecom infrastructure, other telecom services.
- **Equipment & Accessories**: Telecom equipment, cables.
### 11. Utilities
- **Power**: Power generation, integrated power utilities, power trading, power transmission, power distribution.
- **Other Utilities**: Water supply, waste management, emergency services, multi-utilities.
### 12. Diversified
- **Diversified**: Companies engaged in multiple business segments without a single dominant segment.
These classifications help in understanding the various segments of the Indian economy and the specific industries within each sector.
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