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{{Short description|Protocol list of governmental positions in India}}
{{Short description|Relative preeminence of officials for ceremonial purposes}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Precedence}}
{{Precedence}}
The '''order of precedence of the Republic of India''' is a list in which the functionaries, dignitaries and officials are listed for ceremonial purposes and has no legal standing and does not reflect the Indian presidential line of succession or the co-equal status of the [[separation of powers]] under [[The Constitution of India]]. The order is established by the [[President of India]], through the President's Secretariat and is maintained by the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]. It is not applicable for the day-to-day functioning of the Government of India.
The '''order of precedence of the [[India|Republic of India]]''' is a list in which the functionaries, dignitaries and officials are listed for ceremonial purposes and has no legal standing and does not reflect the Indian presidential line of succession or the co-equal status of the [[separation of powers]] under the [[Constitution of India]]. The order is established by the [[President of India]], through the President's Secretariat and is maintained by the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]].  


== Order ==
The order in the Table of Precedence is meant for State and Ceremonial occasions and has no application in the day-to-day business of Government.
If there are multiple persons of similar rank, then they will be listed in alphabetical order. The order of precedence between themselves is determined by the date of entry into that position/rank.<ref name="rajyasabha">{{cite web|date=26 August 1979|title=President's Secretariat|url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/guidline_govt_mp/chap11.pdf|access-date=5 August 2010|work=Office of the President of India|publisher=[[Rajya Sabha]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Table of Precedence (Updated) |url=https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/table_of_precedence.pdf |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs |access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref>
 
== Order of Precedence ==
If there are multiple persons of similar rank, then they will be listed in alphabetical order. The order of precedence between themselves is determined by the date of entry into that position/rank.<ref name="rajyasabha">{{cite web|date=26 August 1979|title=President's Secretariat|url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/guidline_govt_mp/chap11.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208184431/https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/guidline_govt_mp/chap11.pdf|archive-date=8 December 2021|access-date=5 August 2010|work=Office of the President of India|publisher=[[Rajya Sabha]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Table of Precedence (Updated) |url=https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/table_of_precedence.pdf |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs |access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref>
   
   
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Order of precedence of India
|+Indian Order of Precedence
|-
|-
! Rank
!Rank
! Position
!Position
!Current office holder(s)
|-
|-
| 1
|1
|[[President of India|President]]
|[[Droupadi Murmu]]
|-
|2
|[[Vice President of India|Vice President]]
|[[C. P. Radhakrishnan]]
|-
|3
|[[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
|[[Narendra Modi]]
|-
|4
|[[Governor (India)|Governors]] {{small|(within their respective [[States and union territories of India|states]])}}
|''[[List of current Indian governors|List of governors]]''
|-
|5
|Living former [[List of presidents of India|presidents]]
|
|
[[President of India|President]] ([[Droupadi Murmu]])
* [[Pratibha Patil]]
* [[Ram Nath Kovind]]
|-
|-
| 2
|5A
|[[Deputy Prime Minister of India|Deputy Prime Minister]]
|''vacant''
|-
|rowspan="2"|6
|[[Chief Justice of India]]
|[[Surya Kant (judge)|Surya Kant]]
|-
|[[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]]
|[[Om Birla]]
|-
|rowspan="8"|7
|[[Union Council of Ministers|Union cabinet ministers]]
|''[[Third Modi ministry#Cabinet Ministers|List of union cabinet ministers]]''
|-
|[[Chief minister (India)|Chief ministers]] {{small|(within their respective states)}}
|''[[List of current Indian chief ministers|List of chief ministers]]''
|-
|Living former [[List of prime ministers of India|prime ministers]]
|[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
|-
|[[Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India|Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-06-11|title=Government gives cabinet rank, extension to Nripendra Misra and PK Mishra|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/government-gives-cabinet-rank-extension-to-nripendra-misra-and-pk-mishra/articleshow/69745842.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2020-06-21}}</ref>
|
|
[[Vice President of India|Vice-President]] ([[Jagdeep Dhankhar]])
*[[Pramod Kumar Mishra]]
*[[Shaktikanta Das]]
|-
|[[National Security Advisor (India)|National Security Advisor]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Roche |first1=Elizabeth |title=Ajit Doval to stay as NSA, gets cabinet rank with 5-year term |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/ajit-doval-reappointed-national-security-advisor-in-modi-2-0-given-cabinet-rank-1559553527501.html |access-date=23 February 2023 |work=mint |date=3 June 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Ajit Doval]]
|-
|Vice Chairperson of the [[NITI Aayog]]
|[[Suman Bery]]
|-
|[[Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha]]
|[[Mallikarjun Kharge]]
|-
|[[Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha]]
|[[Rahul Gandhi]]
|-
|-
| 3
|7A<ref name="HA">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/hindi/top |title=Ministry of Home |access-date=2 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428030937/http://mha.nic.in/hindi/top |archive-date=28 April 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|Living recipients of the [[Bharat Ratna]]
|
|
[[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] ([[Narendra Modi]])
* [[Amartya Sen]]
* [[C. N. R. Rao]]
* [[Sachin Tendulkar]]
* [[L. K. Advani]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|8
|[[Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary|Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary]] and [[High commissioner (Commonwealth)|high commissioners]] of the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth countries]] [[Diplomatic accreditation|accredited]] to India
|''[[List of Ambassadors and High Commissioners to India|List of ambassadors and high commissioners]]''
|-
|Governors {{small|(outside their respective states)}}
|''[[List of current Indian governors|List of governors]]''
|-
|Chief ministers {{small|(outside their respective states)}}
|''[[List of current Indian chief ministers|List of chief ministers]]''
|-
|9
|Judges of the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]]
|''[[List of sitting judges of the Supreme Court of India|List of judges of the Supreme Court]]''
|-
|rowspan="3"|9A<ref name="HA" />
|Chairperson of the [[Union Public Service Commission]]
|[[Ajay Kumar (civil servant)|Ajay Kumar]]
|-
|[[Chief Election Commissioner of India|Chief Election Commissioner]]
|[[Gyanesh Kumar]]
|-
|[[Comptroller and Auditor General of India|Comptroller and Auditor General]]
|[[K Sanjay Murthy]]
|-
|rowspan="5"|10
|[[Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha]]
|[[Harivansh Narayan Singh]]
|-
|[[Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha]]
|''vacant''
|-
|[[Minister of State#India|Union ministers of state (independent charge)]]
|''[[Third Modi ministry#Ministers of State (Independent Charge)|List of ministers of state (independent charge)]]''
|-
|Deputy chief ministers {{small|(within their respective states)}}
|''[[List of current Indian deputy chief ministers|List of deputy chief ministers]]''
|-
|Members of the [[NITI Aayog]]
|''[[NITI Aayog#Members|List of NITI Aayog members]]''
|-
|rowspan="4"|11
|Lieutenant governors {{small|(within their respective [[Union territory|union territories]])}}
|''[[List of current Indian lieutenant governors and administrators|List of lieutenant governors]]''
|-
|[[Cabinet Secretary (India)|Cabinet Secretary]]
|[[T. V. Somanathan]]
|-
|[[Attorney General of India|Attorney General]]
|[[R. Venkataramani]]
|-
|[[Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India|Principal Scientific Adviser]]
|[[Ajay K. Sood]]
|-
|rowspan="5"|12
|colspan="2"|Chiefs of staff holding the rank of [[General (India)|General]] or equivalent rank ([[four-star rank]] officers in the [[Indian Armed Forces|armed forces]])
|-
|[[Chief of Defence Staff (India)|Chief of Defence Staff]]
|{{small|[[General (India)|General]]}} [[Anil Chauhan]]
|-
|[[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Chief of the Army Staff]]
|{{small|[[General (India)|General]]}} [[Upendra Dwivedi]]
|-
|[[Chief of the Air Staff (India)|Chief of the Air Staff]]
|{{small|[[Air chief marshal (India)|Air Chief Marshal]]}} [[Amar Preet Singh]]
|-
|[[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]]
|{{small|[[Admiral (India)|Admiral]]}} [[Dinesh Kumar Tripathi]]
|-
|13
|[[Envoy (title)|Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary]] accredited to India
|''various''
|-
|rowspan="2"|14
|Chief justices of [[high courts of India|high courts]] {{small|(within their respective jurisdictions)}}
|''[[List of current Indian chief justices|List of chief justices]]''
|-
|[[Speaker (India)|State legislative speakers and chairpersons]] {{small|(within their respective states)}}
|''[[List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairpersons|List of state legislative speakers and chairpersons]]''
|-
|rowspan="4"|15
|Union ministers of state
|''[[Third Modi ministry#ministers of State|List of union ministers of state]]''
|-
|Union territory chief ministers {{small|(within their respective union territories)}}
|''[[List of current Indian chief ministers|List of chief ministers]]''
|-
|Deputy chief ministers {{small|(outside their respective states)}}
|''[[List of current Indian deputy chief ministers|List of deputy chief ministers]]''
|-
|[[State governments of India|State cabinet ministers]] {{small|(within their respective states)}}
|''various''
|-
|16
|Officiating chiefs of staff holding the rank of [[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] or equivalent rank ([[three-star rank]]) officers in the armed forces
|''vacant''
|-
|rowspan="11"|17
|Chief justices of high courts {{small|(outside their respective jurisdictions)}}
|''[[List of current Indian chief justices|List of chief justices of high courts]]''
|-
|Judges of high courts {{small|(within their respective jurisdictions)}}
|''[[List of sitting judges of the high courts of India|List of judges of high courts]]''
|-
|Chairperson of the [[Central Administrative Tribunal]]
|[[Ranjit Vasantrao More]]
|-
|Chairperson of the [[National Human Rights Commission of India|National Human Rights Commission]]
|[[V. Ramasubramanian]]
|-
|Chairperson of the [[National Commission for Women]]
|[[Vijaya Kishore Rahatkar]]
|-
|Chairperson of the [[National Commission for Protection of Child Rights]]
|Priyank Kanoongo
|-
|Chairperson of the [[National Commission for Minorities]]
|[[Iqbal Singh Lalpura]]
|-
|Chairperson of the [[National Commission for Scheduled Castes]]<ref name="HA" />
|Kishor Makwana
|-
|Chairperson of the [[National Commission for Scheduled Tribes]]<ref name="HA" />
|Antar Singh Arya
|-
|Chairperson of the [[National Commission for Backward Classes]]<ref name="HA" />
|[[Hansraj Gangaram Ahir]]
|-
|[[Chief Vigilance Commissioner]]
|Praveen Kumar Srivastava
|-
|rowspan="7"|18
|State cabinet ministers {{small|(outside their respective states)}}
|''various''
|-
|State legislative speakers and chairpersons {{small|(outside their respective states)}}
|''[[List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairpersons|List of state legislative speakers and chairpersons]]''
|-
|Chairperson of the [[Competition Commission of India|Competition Commission]]
|Ravneet Kaur
|-
|Union territory legislative speakers {{small|(within their respective union territories)}}
|''[[List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairpersons|List of legislative speakers]]''
|-
|State legislative deputy speakers and deputy chairpersons {{small|(within their respective states)}}
|''various''
|-
|State ministers of state {{small|(within their respective states)}}
|''various''
|-
|Union territory ministers {{small|(within their respective union territories)}}
|''various''
|-
|rowspan="3"|19
|Union territory legislative speakers {{small|(outside their respective union territories)}}
|''various''
|-
|[[Administrator of the government|Administrators]] {{small|(within their respective union territories)}}
|''[[List of current Indian lieutenant governors and administrators|List of administrators]]''
|-
|State deputy ministers {{small|(within their respective states)}}
|''various''
|-
|rowspan="3"|20
|State legislative deputy speakers and deputy chairpersons {{small|(outside their respective states)}}
|''various''
|-
|-
| 4
|State ministers of state {{small|(outside their respective state)}}
|''various''
|-
|Judges of high courts {{small|(outside their respective jurisdictions)}}
|''[[List of sitting judges of the high courts of India|List of judges of high courts]]''
|-
|rowspan="3"|21
|colspan="2"|[[Member of Parliament (India)|Members of Parliament]]
|-
|[[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Members of Rajya Sabha]]
|''[[List of current members of the Rajya Sabha|List of Rajya Sabha members]]''
|-
|[[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Members of Lok Sabha]]
|''[[List of members of the 18th Lok Sabha|List of Lok Sabha members]]''
|-
|22
|State deputy ministers {{small|(outside their respective states)}}
|''various''
|-
| rowspan="29" |23
|[[Secretary to the Government of India|Secretaries to the union government]]{{efn|In official functions held at New Delhi, Army commanders/Vice Chief of the Army Staff or equivalent in other services will always rank after secretaries to the union government.}}
|''various''
|-
|colspan="2"|Senior [[three-star rank]] officers in the armed forces who are in the C-in-C (Commanding-in-Chief) grade or vice chiefs of staff, holding the rank of Lieutenant General or equivalent rank
|-
|[[Vice Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Vice Chief of the Army Staff]]
|{{small|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]]}} [[N. S. Raja Subramani]]
|-
|Army commanders (General officers commanding-in-chief)
|''[[List of serving generals of the Indian Army#Army Commanders (Commander-in-Chief grade)|List of army commanders]]''
|-
|[[Vice Chief of the Air Staff (India)|Vice Chief of the Air Staff]]
|{{small|[[Air marshal (India)|Air Marshal]]}} [[Narmdeshwar Tiwari]]
|-
|Air commanders (Air officers commanding-in-chief)
|''[[List of serving marshals of the Indian Air Force#Air Commanders (Commander-in-Chief grade)|List of air commanders]]''
|-
|[[Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Vice Chief of the Naval Staff]]
|{{small|[[Vice admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]]}} [[Sanjay Vatsayan]]
|-
|Naval commanders (Flag officers commanding-in-chief)
|''[[List of serving admirals of the Indian Navy#Naval Commanders (Commander-in-Chief grade)|List of naval commanders]]''
|-
|Secretary to the President
|Rajesh Verma
|-
|[[Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha]]
|[[Pramod Chandra Mody]]
|-
|[[Secretary General of the Lok Sabha]]
|[[Utpal Kumar Singh]]
|-
|[[Chief secretary (India)|Chief secretaries]] to state/union territory governments {{small|(within their respective states)}}
|''various''
|-
|District and sessions judges and judicial officers of equivalent rank.
|''various''
|-
|State chairpersons, State Commission for Human Rights
|''various''
|-
|State chairpersons, State Commission for Women
|''various''
|-
|State chairpersons, State Commission for Child Rights
|''various''
|-
|State chairpersons, State Commission for Minorities
|''various''
|-
|State chairpersons, State Commission for [[Scheduled Castes]]
|''various''
|-
|State chairpersons, State Commission for [[Scheduled Tribes]]
|''various''
|-
|State chairpersons, State Commission for [[Other Backward Class|Backward Class]]
|'' various''
|-
|Members of the National Human Rights Commission
|''various''
|-
|Members of the National Commission for Women
|''various''
|-
|Members of the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights
|''various''
|-
|Members of the National Commission for Minorities
|''various''
|-
|Members of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes
|''various''
|-
|Members of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
|''various''
|-
|Members of the National Commission for Backward Classes
|''various''
|-
|[[Solicitor General of India|Solicitor General]]
|[[Tushar Mehta]]
|-
|Vice Chairperson of the Central Administrative Tribunal
|
|
[[Governors of states of India|Governors of States]] (within their respective states)
|-
|-
| 5
|rowspan="3"|24
|
|Lieutenant generals of the [[Indian Army]]
Former Presidents ([[Pratibha Devisingh Patil|Pratibha Patil]] and [[Ram Nath Kovind]])
|''[[List of serving generals of the Indian Army|List of lieutenant generals]]''
|-
|Vice admirals of the [[Indian Navy]]
|''[[List of serving admirals of the Indian Navy|List of vice admirals]]''
|-
|Air marshals of the [[Indian Air Force]]
|''[[List of serving marshals of the Indian Air Force|List of air marshals]]''
|-
|-
| 5A
|rowspan="22"|25
|
[[Deputy Prime Minister of India|Deputy Prime Minister]] (''presently vacant'')<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.mha.gov.in/documents/table-precedence|title=table of precedence}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 6
|[[Chargé d'affaires|Chargé d' affaires]] and acting high commissioners a pied and ad. interim.
|
|''various''
* [[Chief Justice of India|Chief Justice]] ([[Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud]])
* [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]] ([[Om Birla]])
|-
|-
| 7
|Lieutenant governors {{small|(outside their respective union territories)}}
|
|''[[List of current Indian lieutenant governors and administrators|List of lieutenant governors]]''
* [[Cabinet Minister (India)|Cabinet Ministers of the Union]]
* [[National Security Advisor (India)|National Security Advisor]] ([[Ajit Doval]])<ref>{{cite news |last1=Roche |first1=Elizabeth |title=Ajit Doval to stay as NSA, gets cabinet rank with 5-year term |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/ajit-doval-reappointed-national-security-advisor-in-modi-2-0-given-cabinet-rank-1559553527501.html |access-date=23 February 2023 |work=mint |date=3 June 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India|Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister]] ([[Pramod Kumar Misra]])
* [[Chief Minister (India)|Chief Ministers of States]] (within their respective states)
* [[Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission]] (''position no longer exists'', replaced by [[NITI Aayog]]){{Efn|The [[Planning Commission (India)|Planning Commission]] was dissolved by the Government of India in 2014 and was replaced by the [[NITI Aayog]].|name=Planning Commission}}
* Former Prime Ministers ([[H. D. Deve Gowda]] and [[Manmohan Singh]])
* [[Leader of the Opposition (India)|Leaders of the opposition]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]] ([[Mallikarjun Kharge]]) and the [[Lok Sabha]] (''Vacant'')
|-
|-
| 7A<ref name="HA">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/hindi/top |title=Ministry of Home |access-date=2 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428030937/http://mha.nic.in/hindi/top |archive-date=28 April 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|Union territory chief ministers {{small|(outside their respective union territories)}}
|
|''[[List of current Indian chief ministers|List of chief ministers]]''
* Holders of the [[Bharat Ratna]] decoration ([[Amartya Sen]], [[Sachin Tendulkar]] and [[C. N. R. Rao]])
|-
|-
| 8
|Chief secretaries {{small|(outside their respective states/union territories)}}
|
|''various''
* [[Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary|Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary]] and the [[High commissioner (Commonwealth)|High Commissioners]] of [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth countries]] [[List of Ambassadors and High Commissioners to India|accredited to India]].
*[[Governor (India)|Governors of States]] (when outside their respective states)
* [[Chief Minister (India)|Chief ministers of States]] (when outside their respective states)
|-
|-
| 9
|[[Additional secretary to the Government of India|Additional secretaries to the union government]]
| [[List of sitting judges of the Supreme Court of India|Judges of the Supreme Court of India]]
|''various''
|-
|-
| 9A<ref name="HA" />
|Additional district and sessions judges and judicial officers of equivalent rank.
|
|''various''
* Chairperson of the [[Union Public Service Commission]] (Dr. Manoj Soni) <ref>{{cite news |last1=PTI |title=Dr. Manoj Soni appointed as UPSC chairman |url=https://government.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/governance/eminent-scholar-academician-manoj-soni-to-be-next-upsc-chairman/90718761}}</ref>
* [[Chief Election Commissioner of India|Chief Election Commissioner]] ([[Rajiv Kumar (civil servant)|Rajiv Kumar]])
* [[Comptroller and Auditor General of India|Comptroller and Auditor General]] ([[G. C. Murmu|Girish Chandra Murmu]])
|-
|-
| 10
|[[Director of the Intelligence Bureau]]
|
|[[Tapan Deka]]
* [[Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha]] ([[Harivansh Narayan Singh]])
* [[Deputy Chief Minister|Deputy Chief Ministers of States]]
* [[Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha]] (''vacant'')
* Members of the [[Planning Commission (India)|Planning Commission]] (''position no longer exists, replaced by NITI Aayog''){{Efn|name=Planning Commission}}
* [[Minister of State|Ministers of State of the Union]]
|-
|-
| 11
|[[Director general of police|Directors general of police]] of various State police forces.
|
|''various''
*[[Attorney General of India|Attorney General]] ([[R. Venkataramani]])
* [[Cabinet Secretary of India|Cabinet Secretary]] ([[Rajiv Gauba]])
* [[Lieutenant Governor (India)|Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories]] (within their respective Union Territories)
*Secretary General of the Lok Sabha
|-
|-
| 12
|Directors general of [[Central Armed Police Forces]] ([[Assam Rifles|AR]], [[Border Security Force|BSF]], [[Central Industrial Security Force|CISF]], [[Central Reserve Police Force|CRPF]], [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police|ITBP]], [[National Security Guard|NSG]], and [[Sashastra Seema Bal|SSB]])
|
|''various''
*Chiefs of Staff holding the rank of [[full General]] or equivalent rank ([[Four-star rank]] officers in the [[Indian Armed Forces|armed forces]])
** [[Chief of Defence Staff (India)|Chief of Defence Staff]] ([[General (India)|General]] [[Anil Chauhan]])
** [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Chief of the Army Staff]] ([[General (India)|General]] [[Manoj Pande (general)|Manoj Pande]])
** [[Chief of the Air Staff (India)|Chief of the Air Staff]] ([[Air Chief Marshal (India)|Air Chief Marshal]] [[Vivek Ram Chaudhari]])
** [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]] ([[Admiral (India)|Admiral]] [[R. Hari Kumar]])
|-
|-
| 13
|Directors general and Directors of various forces and organisations under the union government (i.e. [[Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (India)|AAIB]], [[Bureau of Police Research and Development|BPRD]], [[National Crime Records Bureau|NCRB]], [[National Disaster Response Force|NDRF]] etc.)
|[[Envoy (title)|Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary]] accredited to India
|''various''
|-
|-
| 14
|Directors of various Security and investigative agencies (i.e. [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]], [[Enforcement Directorate|ED]], [[Narcotics Control Bureau|NCB]], [[National Investigation Agency|NIA]] etc.)
|
|''various''
* [[List of current Indian chief justices|Chief Justices of High Courts]] (within their respective jurisdictions)
* [[List of current Indian legislative speakers|Chairmen and Speakers of State Legislatures]] (within their respective states)
|-
|-
| 15
|[[two-star rank]] principal staff officers of the [[Armed Forces of India|armed forces]] of the rank of [[Major general (India)|Major General]] or equivalent rank (i.e. [[Rear admiral (India)|Rear Admiral]] and [[Air vice marshal (India)|Air Vice Marshal]])
|
|''various''
* [[Chief Minister (India)|Chief Ministers of Union Territories]] (within their respective union territories)
* Cabinet Ministers in States (within their respective states)
* Chief Executive Councillor of Delhi (within their respective union territories) (''position no longer exists''){{Efn|The Delhi Metropolitan Council was dissolved by the Constitution (Sixty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1991, the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991 and the Chief Executive Councillor of Delhi was replaced by the [[List of Chief Ministers of Delhi|Chief minister of Delhi]] and the executive councillors were replaced by government ministers. Whereas, the chairman and deputy chairman of the council were replaced by the speaker and deputy speaker of the [[Delhi Legislative Assembly]].|name=Metropolitan Council}}
* Deputy Ministers of the Union
|-
|-
| 16
|[[Additional Solicitor General of India|Additional solicitors general]]
|Officiating Chiefs of Staff holding the rank of [[Lieutenant-General|Lieutenant General]] or equivalent rank
|''various''
|-
|-
| 17
|[[Advocate general (India)|Advocates general]]
|
|''various''
* Chairperson, [[Tribunals in India|Central Administrative Tribunal]]
* Chairperson, [[National Commission for Minorities]]
* Chairperson, [[National Commission for Scheduled Castes]]<ref name="HA" />
* Chairperson, [[National Commission for Scheduled Tribes]]<ref name="HA" />
* [[List of current Indian chief justices|Chief Justices of High Courts]] (outside their respective jurisdictions)
* Puisne Judges of High Courts (within their respective jurisdictions)
|-
|-
| 18
|Deputy comptrollers and auditors general
|
|''various''
* Cabinet ministers in states (outside their respective states)
* [[List of current Indian legislative speakers|Chairmen and speakers of state legislatures]] (outside their respective states)
* Chairman of Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission (''position no longer exists''){{Efn|The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission was replaced by the [[Competition Commission of India]] through [[The Competition Act, 2002]].|name=Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Commission}}
* Deputy chairmen and deputy speakers of state legislatures (within their respective states)
* Ministers of state in states (within their respective states)
* Ministers of union territories and executive councillors of Delhi (within their respective union territories)
* [[List of current Indian legislative speakers|Speakers of legislative assemblies in union territories]]
* Chairman of Delhi Metropolitan Council (within their respective union territories) (''position no longer exists''){{Efn|name=Metropolitan Council}}
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| 19
|Union territory legislative deputy speakers {{small|(outside their respective union territories)}}
|
|''various''
* Chief commissioners of union territories not having a council of ministers (within their respective union territories)
* Deputy ministers  in states (within their respective states)
* Deputy speakers of legislative assemblies in union territories
* Deputy chairman of Delhi Metropolitan Council (within their respective union territories){{Efn|name=Metropolitan Council}}
|-
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| 20
|Union territory ministers {{small|(outside their respective union territories)}}
|
|''various''
* Deputy chairmen and deputy speakers of state legislatures (outside their respective states)
* Ministers of state in states (outside their respective state)
|-
|-
| 21
|Members of the Central Administrative Tribunal
|[[Member of Parliament (India)|Members of Parliament]]
|''various''
|-
|-
| 22
|Members of the Competition Commission
|Deputy ministers in states (outside their respective states)
|''various''
|-
|-
| 23
|Members of the Union Public Service Commission
|
|''various''
*Senior [[Three-star rank]] officers in the [[Indian Armed Forces|armed forces]] who are in the C-in-C (Commanding-in-Chief) grade or Vice Chiefs of staff, holding the rank of [[Lieutenant General]] or equivalent rank
** [[Vice Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Vice Chief of the Army Staff]] ([[Lieutenant General (India)|Lieutenant General]] [[B. S. Raju]])
** Army Commanders (General Officers Commanding-in-Chief)
** [[Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Vice Chief of the Naval Staff]] ([[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Satish Namdeo Ghormade]])
** Naval Commanders (Flag Officers Commanding-in-Chief)
** [[Vice Chief of the Air Staff (India)|Vice Chief of the Air Staff]] ([[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]] [[Sandeep Singh (air marshal)|Sandeep Singh]])
** Air Commanders (Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief)
* [[Secretary to the Government of India|Secretaries to the Government of India]]
* [[Chief secretary (India)|Chief secretaries to state Governments]] (within their respective states)
* Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities
* Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
* Members, Minorities Commission
* Members, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission
* Secretary, Minorities Commission
* Secretary, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission
* Secretary to the President (Rajesh Verma)
* Secretary General to the [[Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha|Rajya Sabha]] ([[Pramod Chandra Mody]])
* Secretary General to the [[Secretary General of the Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha]] (Utpal Kumar Singh)
* [[Solicitor General of India|Solicitor General]] ([[Tushar Mehta]])
* Vice-Chairman of the [[Central Administrative Tribunal]]
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|-
| 24
|State members, [[Public service commissions in India|State Public Service Commission]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://gad.kerala.gov.in/order-precedence |title = Order of Precedence {{!}} GAD}}</ref>
|
|''various''
* [[Three-star rank]] officers in the [[Indian Armed Forces|armed forces]]
* [[Lieutenant General (India)|Lieutenant general]]s of the [[Indian Army]]
* [[Air Marshal (India)|Air marshal]]s of the [[Indian Air Force]]
* [[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice admiral]]s of the [[Indian Navy]]
 
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|-
| 25
|rowspan="2"|26
|
|[[Joint secretary to the Government of India|Joint secretaries to the union government]] and officers of equivalent rank.
* [[Additional secretary to the Government of India|Additional Secretaries to Government of India]]
|''various''
* Principal staff officers of the [[Armed Forces of India|Armed Forces]] of the rank of [[Major general (India)|major general]] or equivalent rank
* [[Advocate general (India)|Advocates General of States]]
* [[Additional Solicitor General of India|Additional Solicitors General]]
* Chairman, Tariff Commission
* [[Chargé d'affaires|Chargé d' Affaires]] and Acting High Commissioners a pied and ad. interim.
* [[List of current Indian chief ministers|Chief Ministers of Union Territories]] (outside their respective union territories)
* Chief Executive Councillor of Delhi (outside their respective union territories) (''position no longer exists''){{Efn|name=Metropolitan Council}}
* [[Chief secretary (India)|Chief Secretaries of State governments]] (outside their respective states)
* Deputy Comptrollers and Auditors General
* Deputy Speakers of Legislative Assemblies in Union Territories
* Chairman of Delhi Metropolitan Council (outside their respective union territories) (''position no longer exists''){{Efn|name=Metropolitan Council}}
* Deputy Chairman of Delhi Metropolitan Council (outside their respective union territories) (''position no longer exists''){{Efn|name=Metropolitan Council}}
* [[Director of the Intelligence Bureau]] ([[Tapan Deka]])
* Director, [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] ([[Subodh Kumar Jaiswal]])
* Director General, [[Border Security Force]] (Dr. [[Sujoy Lal Thaosen]])
* Director General, [[Central Reserve Police Force]] (Dr. Sujoy Lal Thaosen)
* [[Lieutenant-Governor|Lieutenants governor of union territories]] (outside their respective union territories)
* Members, Central Administrative Tribunal
* Members, Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission (''position no longer exists''){{Efn|name=Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Commission}}
* Members of the [[Union Public Service Commission]] and State Public Service Commission.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://gad.kerala.gov.in/order-precedence |title = Order of Precedence {{!}} GAD}}</ref>
* Ministers of Union Territories and Executives Councillors of Delhi (''position no longer exists''){{Efn|name=Metropolitan Council}}
* [[List of current Indian legislative speakers|Speakers of Legislative Assemblies in Union Territories]] (outside their respective union territories)
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| 26
|Officers of the rank of Major General or equivalent rank.
|
|''various''
* [[Joint secretary to the Government of India|Joint secretaries to the Government of India]] and officers of equivalent rank
* Officers of the rank of [[Major general (India)|Major-General]] or equivalent rank
|}
|}


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}
{{notelist}}
 
== References ==
{{reflist}}


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Gazetted Officer (India)|Gazetted Officer]]
* [[List of office-holders in India]]
* [[List of office-holders in India]]
* [[Salaries of government officials in India]]


== References ==
== External links ==  
{{reflist}}
* [https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/table_of_precedence.pdf Order of Precedence of India] MHA, India
 
== External links ==
* [https://shikshaved.com/2021/10/12/independence-day-essay-in-marathi/ Order of Precedence of India] MHA, India


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Template:Precedence The order of precedence of the Republic of India is a list in which the functionaries, dignitaries and officials are listed for ceremonial purposes and has no legal standing and does not reflect the Indian presidential line of succession or the co-equal status of the separation of powers under the Constitution of India. The order is established by the President of India, through the President's Secretariat and is maintained by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

The order in the Table of Precedence is meant for State and Ceremonial occasions and has no application in the day-to-day business of Government.

Order of Precedence[edit | edit source]

If there are multiple persons of similar rank, then they will be listed in alphabetical order. The order of precedence between themselves is determined by the date of entry into that position/rank.[1][2]

Indian Order of Precedence
Rank Position Current office holder(s)
1 President Droupadi Murmu
2 Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan
3 Prime Minister Narendra Modi
4 Governors (within their respective states) List of governors
5 Living former presidents
5A Deputy Prime Minister vacant
6 Chief Justice of India Surya Kant
Speaker of the Lok Sabha Om Birla
7 Union cabinet ministers List of union cabinet ministers
Chief ministers (within their respective states) List of chief ministers
Living former prime ministers H. D. Deve Gowda
Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister[3]
National Security Advisor[4] Ajit Doval
Vice Chairperson of the NITI Aayog Suman Bery
Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge
Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi
7A[5] Living recipients of the Bharat Ratna
8 Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary and high commissioners of the Commonwealth countries accredited to India List of ambassadors and high commissioners
Governors (outside their respective states) List of governors
Chief ministers (outside their respective states) List of chief ministers
9 Judges of the Supreme Court List of judges of the Supreme Court
9A[5] Chairperson of the Union Public Service Commission Ajay Kumar
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
Comptroller and Auditor General K Sanjay Murthy
10 Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha Harivansh Narayan Singh
Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha vacant
Union ministers of state (independent charge) List of ministers of state (independent charge)
Deputy chief ministers (within their respective states) List of deputy chief ministers
Members of the NITI Aayog List of NITI Aayog members
11 Lieutenant governors (within their respective union territories) List of lieutenant governors
Cabinet Secretary T. V. Somanathan
Attorney General R. Venkataramani
Principal Scientific Adviser Ajay K. Sood
12 Chiefs of staff holding the rank of General or equivalent rank (four-star rank officers in the armed forces)
Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan
Chief of the Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi
Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh
Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi
13 Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary accredited to India various
14 Chief justices of high courts (within their respective jurisdictions) List of chief justices
State legislative speakers and chairpersons (within their respective states) List of state legislative speakers and chairpersons
15 Union ministers of state List of union ministers of state
Union territory chief ministers (within their respective union territories) List of chief ministers
Deputy chief ministers (outside their respective states) List of deputy chief ministers
State cabinet ministers (within their respective states) various
16 Officiating chiefs of staff holding the rank of Lieutenant General or equivalent rank (three-star rank) officers in the armed forces vacant
17 Chief justices of high courts (outside their respective jurisdictions) List of chief justices of high courts
Judges of high courts (within their respective jurisdictions) List of judges of high courts
Chairperson of the Central Administrative Tribunal Ranjit Vasantrao More
Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission V. Ramasubramanian
Chairperson of the National Commission for Women Vijaya Kishore Rahatkar
Chairperson of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights Priyank Kanoongo
Chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities Iqbal Singh Lalpura
Chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes[5] Kishor Makwana
Chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes[5] Antar Singh Arya
Chairperson of the National Commission for Backward Classes[5] Hansraj Gangaram Ahir
Chief Vigilance Commissioner Praveen Kumar Srivastava
18 State cabinet ministers (outside their respective states) various
State legislative speakers and chairpersons (outside their respective states) List of state legislative speakers and chairpersons
Chairperson of the Competition Commission Ravneet Kaur
Union territory legislative speakers (within their respective union territories) List of legislative speakers
State legislative deputy speakers and deputy chairpersons (within their respective states) various
State ministers of state (within their respective states) various
Union territory ministers (within their respective union territories) various
19 Union territory legislative speakers (outside their respective union territories) various
Administrators (within their respective union territories) List of administrators
State deputy ministers (within their respective states) various
20 State legislative deputy speakers and deputy chairpersons (outside their respective states) various
State ministers of state (outside their respective state) various
Judges of high courts (outside their respective jurisdictions) List of judges of high courts
21 Members of Parliament
Members of Rajya Sabha List of Rajya Sabha members
Members of Lok Sabha List of Lok Sabha members
22 State deputy ministers (outside their respective states) various
23 Secretaries to the union government[lower-alpha 1] various
Senior three-star rank officers in the armed forces who are in the C-in-C (Commanding-in-Chief) grade or vice chiefs of staff, holding the rank of Lieutenant General or equivalent rank
Vice Chief of the Army Staff Lieutenant General N. S. Raja Subramani
Army commanders (General officers commanding-in-chief) List of army commanders
Vice Chief of the Air Staff Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari
Air commanders (Air officers commanding-in-chief) List of air commanders
Vice Chief of the Naval Staff Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan
Naval commanders (Flag officers commanding-in-chief) List of naval commanders
Secretary to the President Rajesh Verma
Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha Pramod Chandra Mody
Secretary General of the Lok Sabha Utpal Kumar Singh
Chief secretaries to state/union territory governments (within their respective states) various
District and sessions judges and judicial officers of equivalent rank. various
State chairpersons, State Commission for Human Rights various
State chairpersons, State Commission for Women various
State chairpersons, State Commission for Child Rights various
State chairpersons, State Commission for Minorities various
State chairpersons, State Commission for Scheduled Castes various
State chairpersons, State Commission for Scheduled Tribes various
State chairpersons, State Commission for Backward Class various
Members of the National Human Rights Commission various
Members of the National Commission for Women various
Members of the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights various
Members of the National Commission for Minorities various
Members of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes various
Members of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes various
Members of the National Commission for Backward Classes various
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta
Vice Chairperson of the Central Administrative Tribunal
24 Lieutenant generals of the Indian Army List of lieutenant generals
Vice admirals of the Indian Navy List of vice admirals
Air marshals of the Indian Air Force List of air marshals
25
Chargé d' affaires and acting high commissioners a pied and ad. interim. various
Lieutenant governors (outside their respective union territories) List of lieutenant governors
Union territory chief ministers (outside their respective union territories) List of chief ministers
Chief secretaries (outside their respective states/union territories) various
Additional secretaries to the union government various
Additional district and sessions judges and judicial officers of equivalent rank. various
Director of the Intelligence Bureau Tapan Deka
Directors general of police of various State police forces. various
Directors general of Central Armed Police Forces (AR, BSF, CISF, CRPF, ITBP, NSG, and SSB) various
Directors general and Directors of various forces and organisations under the union government (i.e. AAIB, BPRD, NCRB, NDRF etc.) various
Directors of various Security and investigative agencies (i.e. CBI, ED, NCB, NIA etc.) various
two-star rank principal staff officers of the armed forces of the rank of Major General or equivalent rank (i.e. Rear Admiral and Air Vice Marshal) various
Additional solicitors general various
Advocates general various
Deputy comptrollers and auditors general various
Union territory legislative deputy speakers (outside their respective union territories) various
Union territory ministers (outside their respective union territories) various
Members of the Central Administrative Tribunal various
Members of the Competition Commission various
Members of the Union Public Service Commission various
State members, State Public Service Commission.[6] various
26 Joint secretaries to the union government and officers of equivalent rank. various
Officers of the rank of Major General or equivalent rank. various

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ In official functions held at New Delhi, Army commanders/Vice Chief of the Army Staff or equivalent in other services will always rank after secretaries to the union government.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "President's Secretariat" (PDF). Office of the President of India. Rajya Sabha. 26 August 1979. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  2. ↑ "Table of Precedence (Updated)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "Government gives cabinet rank, extension to Nripendra Misra and PK Mishra". The Economic Times. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  4. ↑ Roche, Elizabeth (3 June 2019). "Ajit Doval to stay as NSA, gets cabinet rank with 5-year term". mint. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "Ministry of Home". Archived from the original on 28 April 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Order of Precedence | GAD".

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