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 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 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.
+Indian Order of PrecedenceRankPositionCurrent office holder(s)1PresidentDroupadi Murmu2Vice President (Chairman of the Rajya Sabha)C. P. Radhakrishnan3Prime MinisterNarendra Modi4Governors List of governors5Living former presidents Pratibha Patil Ram Nath Kovind5ADeputy Prime Ministervacant6Chief Justice of IndiaSurya KantSpeaker of the Lok SabhaOm Birla7Union cabinet ministersList of union cabinet ministersChief ministers List of chief ministersLiving former prime ministersH. D. Deve GowdaPrincipal Secretary to the Prime MinisterPramod Kumar Mishra Shaktikanta DasNational Security AdvisorAjit DovalVice Chairperson of the NITI AayogAshok LahiriLeader of the Opposition in Rajya SabhaMallikarjun KhargeLeader of the Opposition in Lok SabhaRahul Gandhi7ALiving recipients of the Bharat Ratna Amartya Sen C. N. R. Rao Sachin Tendulkar L. K. Advani8Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary and high commissioners of the Commonwealth countries accredited to IndiaList of ambassadors and high commissionersGovernors List of governorsChief ministers List of chief ministers9Judges of the Supreme CourtList of judges of the Supreme Court9AChairperson of the Union Public Service CommissionAjay KumarChief Election CommissionerGyanesh KumarComptroller and Auditor GeneralK Sanjay Murthy10Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya SabhaHarivansh Narayan SinghDeputy Speaker of the Lok SabhavacantUnion ministers of state (independent charge)List of ministers of state (independent charge)Deputy chief ministers List of deputy chief ministersMembers of the NITI AayogList of NITI Aayog members11Lieutenant governors List of lieutenant governorsCabinet SecretaryT. V. SomanathanAttorney GeneralR. VenkataramaniPrincipal Scientific AdviserAjay K. Sood12Chiefs of staff holding the rank of General or equivalent rank (four-star rank officers in the armed forces)Chief of Defence StaffGeneral N. S. Raja SubramaniChief of the Army StaffGeneral Dhiraj SethChief of the Naval StaffAdmiral Krishna SwaminathanChief of the Air StaffAir Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh13Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary accredited to Indiavarious14Chief justices of high courts List of chief justicesState legislative speakers and chairpersons List of state legislative speakers and chairpersons15Union ministers of stateList of union ministers of stateUnion territory chief ministers List of chief ministersDeputy chief ministers List of deputy chief ministersState cabinet ministers various16Officiating chiefs of staff holding the rank of Lieutenant General or equivalent rank (three-star rank) officers in the armed forcesvacant17Chief justices of high courts List of chief justices of high courtsJudges of high courts List of judges of high courtsChairperson of the Central Administrative TribunalRanjit Vasantrao MoreChairperson of the National Human Rights CommissionV. RamasubramanianChairperson of the National Commission for WomenVijaya Kishore RahatkarChairperson of the National Commission for Protection of Child RightsPriyank KanoongoChairperson of the National Commission for MinoritiesIqbal Singh LalpuraChairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled CastesKishor MakwanaChairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled TribesAntar Singh AryaChairperson of the National Commission for Backward ClassesHansraj Gangaram AhirChief Vigilance CommissionerPraveen Kumar Srivastava18State cabinet ministers variousState legislative speakers and chairpersons List of state legislative speakers and chairpersonsChairperson of the Competition CommissionRavneet KaurUnion territory legislative speakers List of legislative speakersState legislative deputy speakers and deputy chairpersons variousState ministers of state variousUnion territory ministers various19Union territory legislative speakers variousAdministrators List of administratorsState deputy ministers various20State legislative deputy speakers and deputy chairpersons variousState ministers of state variousJudges of high courts List of judges of high courts21Members of ParliamentMembers of Rajya SabhaList of Rajya Sabha membersMembers of Lok SabhaList of Lok Sabha members22State deputy ministers various23Secretaries to the union governmentvariousSpecial SecretariesvariousSenior 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 rankList of serving Indian Commanders-in-ChiefVice Chief of the Army StaffLieutenant General Sandeep JainArmy commanders (General officers commanding-in-chief)List of army commandersVice Chief of the Naval StaffVice Admiral Ajay KochharNaval commanders (Flag officers commanding-in-chief)List of naval commandersVice Chief of the Air StaffAir Marshal Ashutosh DixitAir commanders (Air officers commanding-in-chief)List of air commandersSecretary to the PresidentRajesh VermaSecretary General of the Rajya SabhaPramod Chandra ModySecretary General of the Lok SabhaUtpal Kumar SinghChief secretaries to state/union territory governments variousDistrict and sessions judges and judicial officers of equivalent rank.variousState chairpersons, State Commission for Human RightsvariousState chairpersons, State Commission for WomenvariousState chairpersons, State Commission for Child RightsvariousState chairpersons, State Commission for MinoritiesvariousState chairpersons, State Commission for Scheduled CastesvariousState chairpersons, State Commission for Scheduled TribesvariousState chairpersons, State Commission for Backward Class variousMembers of the National Human Rights CommissionvariousMembers of the National Commission for WomenvariousMembers of the National Commission for the Protection of Child RightsvariousMembers of the National Commission for MinoritiesvariousMembers of the National Commission for Scheduled CastesvariousMembers of the National Commission for Scheduled TribesvariousMembers of the National Commission for Backward ClassesvariousSolicitor GeneralTushar MehtaVice Chairperson of the Central Administrative Tribunal24Lieutenant generals of the Indian ArmyList of lieutenant generalsVice admirals of the Indian NavyList of vice admiralsAir marshals of the Indian Air ForceList of air marshals25Chargé d' affaires and acting high commissioners a pied and ad. interim.variousLieutenant governors List of lieutenant governorsUnion territory chief ministers List of chief ministersChief secretaries variousAdditional secretaries to the union governmentvariousAdditional district and sessions judges and judicial officers of equivalent rank.variousDirector of the Intelligence BureauMahesh DixitDirectors general of police of various State police forces.List of DGP of states and UTsDirectors general of Central Armed Police Forces (AR, BSF, CISF, CRPF, ITBP, NSG and SSB)variousDirectors general and Directors of various forces and organisations under the union government (i.e. AAIB, BPRD, NCRB, NDRF etc.)variousDirectors of various Security and investigative agencies (i.e. CBI, ED, NCB, NIA and SPG etc.)varioustwo-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)variousAdditional solicitors generalvariousAdvocates generalvariousDeputy comptrollers and auditors generalvariousUnion territory legislative deputy speakers variousUnion territory ministers variousMembers of the Central Administrative TribunalvariousMembers of the Competition CommissionvariousMembers of the Union Public Service CommissionvariousState members, State Public Service Commission.various26Joint secretaries to the union government and officers of equivalent rank.variousOfficers of the rank of Major General or equivalent rank.various
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See also List of office-holders in India Salaries of government officials in India
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