Order of precedence in India

Last updated April 20, 2024

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. It is not applicable for the day-to-day functioning of the Government of India.

Order

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]

Order of precedence of India
Rank	Position
1	President (Droupadi Murmu)
2	Vice President (Jagdeep Dhankhar)
3	Prime Minister (Narendra Modi)
4	Governors (List of current Indian governors) (within their respective states)
5	Former presidents (Pratibha Patil and Ram Nath Kovind)
5A	Deputy Prime Minister (vacant)^[3]
6	Chief Justice (Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud) Speaker of the Lok Sabha (Om Birla)
7	Union cabinet ministers (Second Modi ministry) National Security Advisor (Ajit Doval)^[4] Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister (Pramod Kumar Mishra) Vice Chairperson of NITI Aayog (Suman Bery) Former prime ministers (H. D. Deve Gowda and Manmohan Singh) Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha (Mallikarjun Kharge) Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha (Vacant since 2014) State chief ministers (within their respective states)
7A^[5]	Recipients of the Bharat Ratna (Amartya Sen, C. N. R. Rao, Sachin Tendulkar, and L. K. Advani)
8	Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary and the high commissioners of Commonwealth countries accredited to India. Governors (when outside their respective states) State chief ministers (when outside their respective states)
9	Judges of the Supreme Court
9A^[5]	Chairperson of the Union Public Service Commission (Dr. Manoj Soni) ^[6] Chief Election Commissioner (Rajiv Kumar) Comptroller and Auditor General (Girish Chandra Murmu)
10	Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha (Harivansh Narayan Singh) Deputy chief ministers Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha (vacant) Members of the NITI Aayog Union ministers of state
11	Attorney General (R. Venkataramani) Cabinet Secretary (Rajiv Gauba) Principal Scientific Adviser (Ajay K. Sood) Lieutenants governors (within their respective union territories)
12	Chiefs of Staff holding the rank of full 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 Manoj Pande) Chief of the Naval Staff (Admiral R. Hari Kumar) Chief of the Air Staff (Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari)
13	Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary accredited to India
14	Chief justices of high courts (within their respective jurisdictions) State legislative chairpersons and speakers (within their respective states)
15	Union deputy ministers Union territory chief ministers (within their respective union territories) State cabinet ministers (within their respective states)
16	Officiating Chiefs of Staff holding the rank of Lieutenant General or equivalent rank (i.e. Vice Admiral and Air Marshal)
17	Chief justices of high courts (outside their respective jurisdictions) Chairperson of the Central Administrative Tribunal Chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities Chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes ^[5] Chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes ^[5] Puisne judges of high courts (within their respective jurisdictions)
18	State cabinet ministers (outside their respective states) State legislative chairpersons and speakers (outside their respective states) Chairperson of the Competition Commission of India Union territoriy legislative speakers State legislative deputy chairpersons and deputy speakers (within their respective states) State ministers of state (within their respective states) Union territory ministers (within their respective union territories)
19	Union territory legislative deputy speakers Administrators (within their respective union territories) State deputy ministers (within their respective states)
20	State legislative deputy chairpersons and deputy speakers (outside their respective states) State ministers of state (outside their respective state)
21	Members of Parliament
22	State deputy ministers (outside their respective states)
23	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 M. V. Suchindra Kumar) Army commanders (General officers commanding-in-chief) Vice Chief of the Naval Staff Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi) Naval commanders (Flag officers commanding-in-chief) Vice Chief of the Air Staff Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh) Air commanders (Air officers commanding-in-chief) Secretaries to the union government Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Members of the Minorities Commission Members of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission Secretary of the Minorities Commission Secretary of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission Secretary to the President (Rajesh Verma) Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha (Pramod Chandra Mody) Secretary General of the Lok Sabha (Utpal Kumar Singh) Solicitor General (Tushar Mehta) Vice Chairperson of the Central Administrative Tribunal Chief secretaries to state/union territory governments (within their respective states)
24	Three-star rank officers in the armed forces Lieutenant generals of the Indian Army Vice admirals of the Indian Navy Air marshals of the Indian Air Force
25	Lieutenants governor (outside their respective union territories) Union territory chief ministers (outside their respective union territories) Union territory legislative speakers (outside their respective union territories) Chief secretaries (outside their respective states) Directors General of Police (DGPs) of various State police forces, Directors General (DGs) of Central Armed Police Forces (like BSF, CRPF, ITBP, CISF, etc.) DGs and Directors of various forces and organizations under central government (like NDRF, AAIB, NCRB, BPRD etc.) Directors of various Security and investigative agencies (like CBI, NIA etc.) Additional secretaries to the union government Principal staff officers of the armed forces of the rank of Major General or equivalent rank (i.e. Rear Admiral and Air Vice Marshal) Advocates general Additional solicitors general Chairperson of the Tariff Commission Chargé d' affaires and acting high commissioners a pied and ad. interim. Deputy comptrollers and auditors general Union territory legislative deputy speakers Director of the Intelligence Bureau (Tapan Deka) Members of the Central Administrative Tribunal Members of the Competition Commission of India. Members of the Union Public Service Commission and State Public Service Commissions.^[7] Union territory ministers (outside their respective union territories)
26	Joint secretaries to the union government and officers of equivalent rank Officers of the rank of Major General or equivalent rank

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References

↑ "President's Secretariat" (PDF). Office of the President of India. Rajya Sabha. 26 August 1979. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
↑ "Table of Precedence (Updated)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
↑ "table of precedence".
↑ Roche, Elizabeth (3 June 2019). "Ajit Doval to stay as NSA, gets cabinet rank with 5-year term". mint. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
1 2 3 4 "Ministry of Home". Archived from the original on 28 April 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
↑ PTI. "Dr. Manoj Soni appointed as UPSC chairman".
↑ "Order of Precedence | GAD".

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[rajyasabha-1] "President's Secretariat" (PDF). Office of the President of India. Rajya Sabha. 26 August 1979. Retrieved 5 August 2010.

[2] "Table of Precedence (Updated)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. Retrieved 29 June 2021.

[:0-3] "table of precedence".

[4] Roche, Elizabeth (3 June 2019). "Ajit Doval to stay as NSA, gets cabinet rank with 5-year term". mint. Retrieved 23 February 2023.

[HA-5] 1 2 3 4 "Ministry of Home". Archived from the original on 28 April 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

[6] PTI. "Dr. Manoj Soni appointed as UPSC chairman".

[7] "Order of Precedence | GAD".

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