Order of precedence in India
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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. It is not applicable for the day-to-day functioning of the Government of India.
Order of precedence[edit]
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]
| Rank | Position | Current office holder(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | President | Droupadi Murmu |
| 2 | Vice President | Jagdeep Dhankhar |
| 3 | Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| 4 | Governors (within their respective states) | List of governors |
| 5 | Former presidents | Pratibha Patil |
| Ram Nath Kovind | ||
| 5A | Deputy Prime Minister | vacant[3] |
| 6 | Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud | |
| Speaker of the Lok Sabha | vacant | |
| 7 | Union cabinet ministers | Third Modi ministry |
| National Security Advisor | Ajit Doval[4] | |
| Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister | Pramod Kumar Mishra | |
| Vice Chairperson of the NITI Aayog | Suman Bery | |
| Former prime ministers | H. D. Deve Gowda | |
| Manmohan Singh | ||
| Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha | Mallikarjun Kharge | |
| Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha | Rahul Gandhi | |
| Chief ministers (within their respective states) | List of chief ministers | |
| 7A[5] | 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 | 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 Speaker of the Lok Sabha | vacant | |
| Deputy chief ministers | List of deputy chief ministers | |
| Members of the NITI Aayog | various | |
| Union ministers of state | Third Modi ministry | |
| 11 | Attorney General | R. Venkataramani |
| Cabinet Secretary | Rajiv Gauba | |
| Principal Scientific Adviser | Ajay K. Sood | |
| Lieutenant governors (within their respective union territories) | List of lieutenant governors | |
| 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 Manoj Pande | |
| Chief of the Air Staff | Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari | |
| 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 |
| Judges of high courts (within their respective jurisdictions) | List of judges of high courts | |
| State legislative speakers and chairpersons (within their respective states) | List of state legislative speakers and chairpersons | |
| 15 | Union deputy ministers | various |
| 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 | List of lieutenant generals |
| List of air marshals | ||
| List of vice admirals | ||
| 17 | Chief justices of high courts (outside their respective jurisdictions) | List of chief justices of high courts |
| Judges of high courts (outside 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 | Arun Kumar Mishra | |
| Chairperson of the National Commission for Women | Rekha Sharma | |
| 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 Commision | 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 | |
| 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 Upendra Dwivedi | |
| Army commanders (General officers commanding-in-chief) | List of army commanders | |
| Vice Chief of the Air Staff | Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh | |
| 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 | various | |
| Commissioner for Human Rights | ||
| Commissioner for Women | ||
| Commissioner for Child Rights | ||
| Commissioner for Minorities | ||
| Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes | ||
| Commissioner for Backward Classes | ||
| 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 of the National Human Rights Commission | ||
| Secretary of the National Commission for Women | ||
| Secretary of the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights | ||
| Secretary of the Minorities Commission | ||
| Secretary of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission | ||
| Secretary of the Backward Classes | ||
| 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 | three-star rank officers in the armed forces | |
| Lieutenant generals of the Indian Army | various | |
| Vice admirals of the Indian Navy | various | |
| Air marshals of the Indian Air Force | various | |
| 25 | Lieutenant governors (outside their respective union territories) | 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 (DGPs) of various State police forces | various | |
| Directors General (DGs) 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 (like NDRF, AAIB, NCRB, BPRD etc.) | various | |
| Directors of various Security and investigative agencies (like 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 | |
| Chairperson of the Tariff Commission | ||
| 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.[7] | various | |
| Union territory ministers (outside their respective union territories) | 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 | |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c d e "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".
External links[edit]
- Order of Precedence of India MHA, India