*LIST OF GROUPS OF INDUSTRIES COVERED UNDER APPRENTICES ACT, 1961.
In pursuance of clause(a) of sub-section(4) of section 1 of the Apprentices Act, 1961 (52 of 1961), (herein after refered as to the said Act), and in supersession of notification number GSR 247 dated the 12th Feb. 1962, GSR 1464, dated the 7th September 1963, GSR 14 dated 16th December 1965, GSR June 1967, GSR 1403, dated the 4th September 1967, GSR 1796 dated 21st November 1967, GSR 403 the dated the 13th March 1972, March 1987 published in Part II, section 3, sub-section (ii) of the Gazette of India, and the GSR No. 463(E), dated the 23rd August 1975 published in Part II, section 3, subsection (ii) of the Gazette of India, (Extraordinary), except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government hereby specifies the following groups of industries, mentioned in column(2) of the Table below, to which the provisions of the said Act shall apply with effect from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, namely :- DIVISION DESCRIPTION GROUP
(1) (2) (3) 00 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION Growing of cereal crops (such as paddy, wheat, jowar, bajra, maize, ragi and barley) 000 Growing of pulses ( such as arhar, gram, moong and urd,) 001 Growing of jute, mesta, sann hemp or other kindred fibres 003 Growing of oilseeds 004 Growing of sugar-cane or sugar-beet 005 Growing of roots and tubers, vegetables, singhara, chillies and spices (other than pepper and cardamom) 006 Agricultural production not elsewhere classified not elsewhere classified 009 01 PLANTATIONS Plantation of Tea 0l0 Plantation of Coffee 011 Plantation of Rubber 011 Plantation of Tobacco 011 02 RAISING OF LIVESTOCK Cattle breeding, rearing and ranching production of milk 020 Goat breeding, rearing, ranching production of milk 02l Rearing of pigs and other animals not elsewhere classified 024 Rearing of ducks, hens & other birds, production of eggs 025 Rearing of sheep & production of shorn wool 022 Rearing of livestock and production of livestock, not elsewhere classified 029 05 FORESTRY AND LOGGING Planting, replanting and conservation of forest 050 06 FISHING (INCLUDING COLLECTION OF SEA PRODUCTS) Ocean, sea and coastal fishing. 060 Inland water fishing 061 Pisciculture - rearing of fish including fish hatcheries 062 Other allied activities and services incidental to fishing 069 10 MINING OF COAL LIGNITE: EXTRACTION OF PEAT Mining and agglomeration of coal 100 11 EXTRACTION OF CRUDE PETROLEUM: PRODUCTION OF NATURAL GAS Extraction of crude petroleum 110 Production of natural gas 111 12 MINING OF IRON ORE Mining of Iron Ore 120 13 MINING OF METAL ORES OTHER THAN IRON ORE Mining of manganese ore 130 Mining of metal ores, other than iron ore or uranium group ores not elsewhere classified 139 14 MINING OF URANIUM AND THORIUM ORES Mining of Uranium and thorium Ores 140 15 MINING OF NON-METALLIC MINERALS NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED Mining and quarrying of rock aggregates sand and clays 150 Mining and quarrying of minerals for construction other than rock aggregates, sand and clays (in group l50) 151 Mining of fertilizers and chemical minerals 152 Mining of ceramic, refractory and glass minerals 153 Salt mining and quarrying, including crushing, screening and evaporating in pans 154 Mining of precious/semiprecious stones 156 Mining of other non-metallic minerals not elsewhere classified 159 20-2l MANUFACTURE OF FOOD PRODUCTS Slaughtering, preparation and preservation of meat 200 Manufacture of dairy products 201 Canning and preservation of fruits and vegetables 202 Processing, canning and preserving of fish crustacean and similar food 203 Grain milling 204 Manufacture of bakery products 205 Manufacture and refining of sugar (vacuum pan sugar factories) 206 Production of common salt 208 Manufacture of coca products and sugar Confectionery (including sweet meats) 209 Manufacture of Hydrogenated oils and vegetable ghee 210 Manufacture of vegetable oils and fats (other than hydrogenated) 211 Processing and blending of tea, including manufacture of instant tea 213 Coffee curing, roasting, grinding and blending including Manufacture of Instant Coffee 214 Manufacture of Ice 216 Manufacture of prepared animal and bird feed 217 Manufacture of food products not elsewhere classified 219
22. MANUFACTURE OF BEVERAGES, TOBACCO AND RELATED PRODUCTS Distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits ethyl alcohol production from fermented material 220 Manufacture of wines 22l Manufacture of beer 222 Manufacture of soft drinks and syrups 224 Manufacture of bidi 226 Manufacture of cigars, cigarettes, cheroots and cigarette tobacco 227 Manufacture of other Tobacco products not elsewhere classified 228 Manufacture of pan-masala, catechu ("KATTHA") and chewings lime. 229
23. MANUFACTURE OF COTTON TEXTILES Cotton ginning, cleaning and bailing 230 Weaving & finishing of cotton khadi 232 Weaving and finishing of cotton textile on handlooms 233 Weaving and finishing of cotton textile on powerlooms 234 Cotton spinning, weaving and processing in mills 235 Bleaching, dyeing & printing of cotton textiles 236 24 . MANUFACTURE OF WOOL, SILK AND MAN MADE FIBER TEXTILES Preparation of raw wool, silk and artificial or synthetic textile fibres for spinning 240 Wool spinning, weaving and finishing other than in mills 24l Wool spinning, weaving and processing in mills 242 Spinning, weaving and finishing of silk textiles other than in mills 244 Spinning, weaving and processing of silk textiles in mills 245
25. MANUFACTURE OF JUTE AND OTHER VEGETABLE FIBRE TEXTILES (EXCEPT COTTON AND COIR) Preparing operations (including carding and combing) on coir fibers 252 Spinning, weaving and finishing of jute and mesta textiles 254 Bleaching, dyeing and printing of jute and mesta textiles 257 Bleaching, dyeing and printing of coir textiles 258 Spinning, weaving and finishing of coir textiles 255
26. MANUFACTURE OF TEXTILE PRODUCTS (INCLUDING WEARING APPAREL) Manufacture of knitted or crocheted textile products. 260 Manufacture of all types of threads, cordage ropes, twines and net 261 Embroidery work, zari work and making of ornamental trimmings 262 Manufacture of blankets, shawls, carpets, rugs and other similar textile products 263 Manufacture of all types of textile garmenting clothing accessories not elsewhere a classified (except by purely tailoring establishments) from not self-produced material (Note : in principle, the raw material is cut and sewn together in the establishments covered in this group) 265 Manufacture of rain coats, hats, caps and school bags etc.
from waterproof textile fabrics or plastic sheeting 266 Manufacture of made-up textiles articles except apparel 267 Manufacture of waterproof textile fabrics 268 Manufacture of textile and textile products not elsewhere classified like linoleum, padding, wadding, upholstering and filling 269
27. MANUFACTURING WOOD AND WOOD PRODUCTS, FURNITURE AND FIXTURES Sawing and planning of wood (other than plywood) 270 Manufacture of veneer sheets, plywood and their products 27l Manufacture of structural wooden goods (including treated timber) such as beams, posts, doors and windows 272 Manufacture of wooden and cane boxes crates, drums, barrels and other containers, baskets and other wares made entirely or mainly of cane rattan, reed, bamboo willow fibres, leaves and grass 273 Manufacture of wooden industrial good not elsewhere classified 274 Manufacture of wooden furniture and fixtures 276 Manufacture of products of wood, bamboo, cane, reed and grass (including articles made from coconut shells or such other similar material) not elsewhere classified 279
28. MANUFACTURE OF PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS AND PRINTING, PUBLISHING AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES Manufacture of pulp, paper and paper board including manufacture of newsprint 280 Manufacture of containers and boxes of paper or paperboard 281 Printing and publishing of newspaper 284 Printing and publishing of periodicals, books journals, directories, atlases, maps and sheet music, schedules and pamphlets 285 Engraving, etching and block making 287 Book binding on account of others 288
29. MANUFACTURE OF LEATHER AND PRODUCTS OF LEATHERS, FUR, AND SUBSTITUTES OF LEATHER Tanning, curing, finishing, embossing and japanning of leather 290 Manufacture of footwears (excluding repairs) except of vulcanized or moulded rubber or plastic 291 Manufacture of consumer goods of leather and substitutes of leather, other than apparels and foot wear 293
30. MANUFACTURE OF BASIC CHEMICALS & CHEMICAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL) Manufacture of industrial organic and inorganic chemicals 300 Manufacture of fertilizers and pesticides 30l Manufacture of plastic in primary forms; manufacture of synthetic rubber 302 Manufacture of paints, varnishes and related products; artists' colours and ink 303 Manufacture of drugs, medicines and allied products. 304 Manufacture of perfumes, cosmetics, lotions, hair dressing, toothpastes, soap in any form detergents, shampoos, shaving products, washing and cleaning preparation and other toilet preparations 305 Manufacture of man-made fibres 306 Manufacture of matches 307 Manufacture of explosives; ammunition and fire-works 308 Manufacture of chemical products not elsewhere classified 309
31. MANUFACTURE OF RUBBER, PLASTIC, PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS PROCESSING OF NUCLEAR FUEL Tyre and tube industries 310 Manufacture of rubber products not elsewhere classified 312 Manufacture of refined petroleum products ( this group includes production of liquide of gaseous fuels, illuminating oils, lubricating oils or greases or other products obtained from crude petroleum or their fractionation productions. Liquification and natural gas as classified in group 111and bottling of natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas as classified in group 315 314 Manufacture of refined petroleum products not elsewhere classified (this group includes manufacture of variety of products extracted or obtained from the products or residues of petroleum refining) 316 Processing of nuclear fuels (this group includes extraction of uranium metals from pitch blend or other uranium bearing ores; manufacture of alloys or dispersions or mixtures of natural uranium or its compounds;
manufacture of enriched uranium and its compounds;
plutonium and its compounds; uranium depleted in U 235 other radio active elements, isotops or compounds and nonirradiated fuel elements for use in nuclear reactors.
Production of heavy water in classified in group 309.)
317 Manufacture of coke oven products 318 Manufacture of other coal and coaltar products not elsewhere classified 319
32. MANUFACTURE OF NON-METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS Manufacture of refractory products and structural clay products 320 Manufacture of glass and glass product 321 Manufacture of earthern and plastic products 322 Manufacture of nonstructural ceramic ware 323 Manufacture of cement, lime and plaster 324 Manufacture of mica products 325 Stone dressing and crushing, manufacture of structural stone goods and stoneware 326 Manufacture of asbestos cement and other cement products 327 Manufacture of miscellaneous non-metallic mineral products not elsewhere classified 329
33. BASIC METAL AND ALLOY INDUSTRIES Manufacture of iron AND steel in primary semi-finished forms 330 Manufacture of semi-finished iron and steel products in re-rolling mills, cold-rolling mills and wire drawing mills 331 Manufacture of ferro-alloys 332 Copper manufacturing 333 Brass manufacturing 334 Aluminum manufacturing 335 Zinc manufacturing 336 Casting of metal 337 Processing/Re-rolling of metal scrap other than iron and steel scrap 338 Other non-ferrous metal industries 339
34. MANUFACTURE OF METAL PRODUCTS & PARTS, EXCEPT MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT Manufacture of fabricated structural metal products 340 Manufacture of furniture fixtures primarily of metal 342 Manufacture of hand tools, weights and measure and general hardware 343 Forging, pressing, stamping and roll-forming of metal;
powder metallurgy (this group includes production of a wide variety of finished or semi-finished metal products, by means of the above activities which, individually, would be characteristically produced in other 344 activity categories) Treatment or coating of metals general mechanical engineering on a sub-contract basis. (this group includes plating, polishing, anodising, engraving, printing, hardening, buffing, deburring, sand blasting, welding or other specialised operations on metals on a fee or contract basis. The units classified here, generally, do not take ownership of the goods nor do they sell them to third parties.)
345 35-36. MANUFACTURE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (MANUFACTURE OF SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT, PHOTOGRAPHIC OR CINEMATOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS IS CLASSIFIED IN DIVISION 38) Manufacture of agricultural machinery and equipment and parts thereof 350 Manufacture of machinery and equipment used by construction and mining industries 35l Manufacture of prime mover, boilers steam generating plants and nuclear reactors 352 Manufacture of industrial machinery for food and textile industries (including bottling and filling machinery) 353 Manufacture of industrial machinery for other than food and textile industries 354 Manufacture of general purpose non- electrical machinery or equipment, their components and accessories not elsewhere classified 356 Manufacture of machine tools, their parts and accessories 357 Manufacture of electrical industrial machinery, apparatus and parts thereof 360 Manufacture of insulated wires and cables, including manufacture of optical fibres cables 36l Manufacture of accumulators, primary cells and primary batteries 362 Manufacture of electrical lamps 363 Manufacture of electric fans and electric or electrothermic domestic appliances and parts thereof 364 Manufacture of television receivers, reception apparatus for radio broadcasting, radio telephony or telegraphy, video recording or reproducing apparatus, turn-tables, record players, cassette players and other sound reproducing apparatus, sound recording apparatus, microphones, loudspeakers amplifiers & sound amplifiers & prerecorded audio or video records or tapes 366 Manufacture of radiographic X-ray apparatus X-ray tubes and parts and manufacture of electrical equipment not elsewhere classified 369
37. MANUFACTURE OF TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT AND PARTS Ship and boat building 370 Manufacture of locomotives and parts 37l Manufacture of railway or tramway wagons and coaches and other rail road equipments, not elsewhere classified 372 Manufacture of heavy motor vehicles, coach work 373 Manufacture of motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of less than l0 persons (includes manufacture of racing cars and golfcars) 374 Manufacture of bicycles, cycle-rickshaws and parts 376 Manufacture of aircraft, space-craft and their parts 377 Manufacture of bullock-carts, push carts and hand-carts 378 Manufacture of transport equipment and parts not elsewhere classified 379
38. OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES Manufacture of medical, surgical, scientific and measuring equipment except optical equipment 380 Manufacture of photographic, cinematographic and optical goods and equipment (excluding photo chemicals, sensitised papers & films) 38l Manufacture of watches and clocks 382 Manufacture of jewellery and related articles 383 Manufacture of sports and athletic goods 385 Manufacture of stationery articles not elsewhere classified 387 Manufacture of miscellaneous products not elsewhere classified 389
39. REPAIR OF CAPITAL GOODS Repair of locomotives and other rail-road equipments 397
40. ELECTRICITY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION Generation and transmission of electric energy 400 Distribution of electric energy to households, industrial, commercial and other users 401
4l. GAS AND STEAM GENERATION AND DISTRIBUTION THROUGH PIPES.
Generation of gas in gas-works and distribution through mains to households, industrial commercial and other user 410
42. WATER WORKS AND SUPPLY Water supply for example collection, purification and distribution of water 420
43. NON CONVENTIONAL ENERGY GENERATION AND DISTRIBUTION Generation of solar energy 430 Generation and distribution of bio-gas energy 431 Generation of energy through wind mills 432 Generation and distribution other non conventional energy not elsewhere classified 439
50. CONSTRUCTION Construction and maintenance of buildings 500 Construction and maintenance of roads, 501 Railbeds, bridges, tunnels, pipelines, ropeways, ports, harbours and runways. Construction or erection and maintenance of power, telecommunication and transmission lines 502 Construction and maintenance of waterways and water reservoirs such as bunds, embankments, dams, canals, tanks, wells, tubewells and aquaducts 503
51. ACTIVITIES ALLIED TO CONSTRUCTION Plumbing and drainage 510 Heating and Air-conditioning installation, lift installation, sound-proofing 511 Setting of tiles, marble, bricks, glass and stone 512 Electrical installation work for constructions 514 Painting and decorating work for constructions 515 Other activities allied to construction, not elsewhere classified 519
61. WHOLESALE TRADE IN WOOD, PAPER, SKIN, LEATHER AND FUR, FUEL, PETROLEUM, CHEMICALS, PERFUMERY, CERAMICS, GLASS AND ORES, AND METALS Wholesale trade in petrol, mobile oil and allied products 614 Wholesale trade in medicines and chemicals 615 Wholesale trade in toiletry, perfumery and cosmetics 617
62. WHOLESALE TRADE IN ALL TYPES OF MACHINERY EQUIPMENT INCLUDING TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT Wholesale trade in agricultural and industrial machinery 620 Wholesale trade in electrical machinery and equipment 621 Wholesale trade in transport and storage equipment 623
63. WHOLESALE TRADE NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED Wholesale trade in furniture and fixtures 630
66. RETAIL TRADE IN TEXTILES Retail trade in textiles 660 Retail trade in ready-made garments, and retail trade in second-hand garments) 661
68. RETAIL TRADE NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED Retail trade in motor fuels 682 Retail trade in agricultural machinery and equipment 684 Retail trade in transport equipment 686 Retail trade not elsewhere classified 689
69. RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS Restaurants, cafes and other eating and drinking places (Note 1: this group includes sales of prepared foods and drinks for immediate consumption on the premises such as restaurants, cafe, lunch counters and catering activities and take-out activities as well as dining-car activities of railway companies and other passenger transport facilities which are operated as independent activities. Sales through vending machines, vending stalls, whether or not mobile, are included.
690 Note 2: The above mentioned activities, if carried out in connection with the provision of lodging, are to be classified in group 691) Hotels, rooming houses, camp and other lodging places 691
70. LAND TRANSPORT Railway transport 700 Passenger transport by bus (including tramways) 701 Passenger transport by motor vehicles other than by bus 702
71. WATER TRANSPORT Ocean and coastal water transport 710 Inland water transport 711
72. AIR TRANSPORT Air transport carriers (of passengers and freight) 720
74. STORAGE AND WAREHOUSING SERVICES Warehousing of agricultural products without refrigeration 740 Warehousing of agricultural products with refrigeration (cold storage) 741
75. COMMUNICATION SERVICES Postal, telegraphic, wireless and signal communication services 750 Telephone communication services 752
80. BANKING ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING FINANCIAL SERVICES Deposit activities (this group includes activities of central banks, commercial banks, savings banks, saving and loan associations and other such instructions whose major source of funds is deposits) 800 Other credit activities (this group includes activities of such units whose chief activity is making loans. They are distinguished from the deposit instructions in that the chief source of funds is equity or short term paper, but not deposits) 801 Other banking activities 802 Securities dealing activities (this group includes activities of brokers and dealers and central exchanges dealing in all kinds of negotiable instruments and underwriters and agents in the floatation of new securities) 803 Financial services other than securities dealing activities 804
81. PROVIDENT AND INSURANCE SERVICES Provident services 810 Insurance Carriers, Life 811 Deposit/credit guaranty insurance services 812 Insurance carriers other than life such as fire, marine, accident or health including insurance agents, values or assessors 819
82. REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES Purchase, sale, letting & operating of real estate such as residential and nonresidential buildings developing and subdividing real estate into lots, lessors of real property, real estate agents, brokers and managers engaged in renting, buying and selling, managing and appraising real 820 estates on a contract or fee basis
89. BUSINESS SERVICES NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED Accounting, book-keeping and auditing activities, including tax consultancy services 891 Data processing, software development and computer consultancy services 892 Architectural and engineering and other technical consultancy activities 894 Advertising 896 Press agency activities (this group includes news syndicate and news agency activities on a fee or contract basis. Includes activities of independent news reporters and news writers) 897
90. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE SERVICES Public services in the Union Government including defence services 900 Public services in State Government including police services 901 Public services in local bodies, departments and offices engaged in administration like local taxation and business regulation 902 Public services in Quasi-Government bodies 903
9l. SANITARY SERVICES Sanitation and similar services such as garbage and sewage disposals, operation of drainage systems and all other types of work connected with public health and sanitation 910
92. EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH SERVICES Educational services rendered by technical or vocational colleges, schools and other institutions 920 Educational services rendered by nontechnical colleges, schools, universities & other institutions 921 Research and scientific services not 922 classified elsewhere such as those rendered by institutions and laboratories engaged in research in the biological, physical and social sciences, metrological institutes andmedical research organisation
94. COMMUNITY SERVICES Welfare services rendered by organization operating on a no-profit basis for the promotion of welfare of the community such as relief societies, crèches, homes for the aged and physically handicapped 941
95. RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL SERVICES Motion picture and video film production 950 Motion picture distribution and projection services 951 Radio and television broadcasting and related services 954 Libraries, museums, botanical and zoological gardens, zoos, game sanctuaries 956
96. PERSONAL SERVICES Laundry, cleaning and dyeing services 961 Hair dressing such as those done by barbershair dressing saloons and beauty shops 962 Personal services not else where classified 969
97. REPAIR SERVICES Repair of footwear and other leather goods 970 Repair of watches, clocks and jewellery 973 Repair of motor vehicles and motor cycles except trucks, lorry and other heavy vehicles 974 Repair of bicycles and cycle rickshaws 975 X0 PERSONS WITHOUT ANY AFFILIATION TO ANY PARTICULAR INDUSTRY (INCLUDING FRESH ENTRANTS TO LABOUR FORCE) Persons without any affiliation to any particular industry (including fresh entrants to labour force) X00 XI. ACTIVITIES NOT ADEQUATELY DEFINED (OTHER THAN THOSE IN X0) Activities not adequately defined (other than those in X0) Xl0 * Vide GSR 401 dated 28th April 1988 and subsequently amended by S.O 2961 dated 3rd November 1992 and S.O. 2223 dated 22nd August 1997