Order of precedence in India

Relative preeminence of officials for ceremonial purposes

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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

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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)

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1  | President | Droupadi Murmu
2  | Vice President | vacant
3  | Prime Minister | Narendra Modi
4  | Governors (within their respective states) | List of governors
5  | Living former Presidents |

* Pratibha Patil
* Ram Nath Kovind

5A  | Deputy Prime Minister | vacant
6  | Chief Justice of India | Justice B. R. Gavai
Speaker of the Lok Sabha | Om Birla
7  | Union Council of Ministers | List of Union Council of Ministers
Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India[3] |

* Pramod Kumar Mishra
* Shaktikanta Das

National Security Advisor[4] | Ajit Doval
Chief Ministers (within their respective states) | List of chief ministers
Vice Chairperson of the NITI Aayog | Suman Bery
Living former Prime Ministers | H.D. Deve Gowda
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 |

* Amartya Sen
* C. N. R. Rao
* Sachin Tendulkar
* L. K. Advani

8  | Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary and high commissioners of the Commonwealth countries accredited to India  | List of ambassadors and high commissioners
Governors (when outside their respective states) | List of governors
Chief ministers (when 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
Ministers of State of the Union | List of Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
Deputy Chief Ministers (within their respective states) | List of deputy chief ministers
NITI Aayog members  | List of Members of NITI Aayog
Deputy Chief Ministers (when outside their respective states) | List of deputy chief ministers
11  | Attorney General | R. Venkataramani
Principal Scientific Adviser | Ajay K. Sood
Lieutenant governors (within their respective union territories) | List of lieutenant governors
Cabinet Secretary | T. V. Somanathan
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 deputy ministers  | List of Ministers of State
Union territory chief ministers (within their respective union territories) | List of 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 | Justice 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 territoriy legislative speakers  | 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 deputy speakers  | 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  | 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 Krishna Swaminathan
Naval commanders (Flag officers commanding-in-chief)  | List of naval commanders
Secretaries to the union government[a] | various
District and Session Judge and judicial officers of equivalent rank.  | various
State Chairperson, Commission for Human Rights  | various
State Chairperson, Commission for Women
State Chairperson, Commission for Child Rights  | various
State Chairperson, Commission for Minorities  | various
State Chairperson, Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes | various
State Chairperson, Commission for Backward Classes  |  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 and Scheduled Tribes | various
Members of the National Commission for Backward Classes | various
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) | various
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  | Lieutenant governors (outside their respective union territories)

Additional District and Session Judge and judicial officers of equivalent rank.

| various
List of lieutenant governors
Union territory chief ministers (outside their respective union territories) | List of chief ministers
Union territory legislative speakers (outside their respective union territories) | List of speakers
Chief secretaries (outside their respective states/union territories) | various
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
DGs and Directors of various forces and organisations under the union government (i.e. NDRF, AAIB, NCRB, BPRD etc.)  | various
Directors of various Security and investigative agencies (i.e. ED, CBI, NIA, NCB etc.)  | various
Additional secretaries to the union government | 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
Advocates general | various
Additional solicitors general | various
Chargé d' affaires and acting high commissioners a pied and ad. interim.  | various
Deputy comptrollers and auditors general  | various
Union territory legislative deputy speakers  | various
Director of the Intelligence Bureau | Tapan Deka
Members of the Central Administrative Tribunal | various
Members of the Competition Commission | various
Members of the Union Public Service Commission | various
Members of State Public Service Commissions.[6] | various
Union territory ministers (outside their respective union territories) | various

Joint secretaries to the union government and officers of equivalent rank.  | various
Officers of the rank of Major General or equivalent rank.  | various

## Notes

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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 Government of India.

## References

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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. ^ a b c d e "Ministry of Home". Archived from the original on 28 April 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
6. ^ "Order of Precedence | GAD".

## See also

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* List of office-holders in India
* Salaries of government officials in India

## External links

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* Order of Precedence of India MHA, India

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