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.
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]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 | Living former presidents | |
| 5A | Deputy Prime Minister | Vacant |
| 6 | Justice Sanjiv Khanna | |
| Speaker of the Lok Sabha | Om Birla | |
| 7 | Union cabinet ministers | Third Modi ministry |
| National Security Advisor | Ajit Doval[3] | |
| Vice Chairperson of the NITI Aayog | Suman Bery | |
| Living former prime ministers | ||
| 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[4] | 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 (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[4] | Chairperson of the Union Public Service Commission | Mrs. Preeti Sudan |
| 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 | T. V. Somanathan | |
| 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 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 | 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 (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 | Vijaya Bharathi Sayani (Acting) | |
| 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[4] | Kishor Makwana | |
| Chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes[4] | Antar Singh Arya | |
| Chairperson of the National Commission for Backward Classes[4] | 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 Sujeet Pushpkar Dharkar | |
| 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 | |
| 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 to the President | Rajesh Verma | |
| Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister | Pramod Kumar Mishra | |
| 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 of various State police forces. | various | |
| Directors Generals 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 | |
| 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.[5] | various | |
| Union territory ministers (outside their respective union territories) | various | |
| 26 | Joint secretaries to the union government and officers of equivalent rank.[b] | various |
| Officers of the rank of Major General or equivalent rank. | various | |
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ The posts equivalent to the posts of Joint Secretaries to the Government of India is determined by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Order of Precedence | GAD".
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]- Order of Precedence of India MHA, India