Editing Order of precedence in India

{{Short description|Relative preeminence of officials for ceremonial purposes}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Precedence}}
The '''order of precedence of the [[India|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 (India)|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.<ref name="rajyasabha">{{cite web|date=26 August 1979|title=President's Secretariat|url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/guidline_govt_mp/chap11.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208184431/https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/guidline_govt_mp/chap11.pdf|archive-date=8 December 2021|access-date=5 August 2010|work=Office of the President of India|publisher=[[Rajya Sabha]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Table of Precedence (Updated) |url=https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/table_of_precedence.pdf |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs |access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref>
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Indian Order of Precedence
|-
! Rank
! Position
! Current office holder(s)
|-
|1
|[[President of India|President]]
|[[Droupadi Murmu]]
|-
|2
|[[Vice President of India|Vice President]]
|[[Jagdeep Dhankhar]]
|-
|3
|[[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
|[[Narendra Modi]]
|-
|4
|[[Governor (India)|Governors]] {{small|(within their respective states)}}
|''[[List of current Indian governors|List of governors]]''
|-
|5
|Living former [[List of Presidents of India|Presidents]]
|
* [[Pratibha Patil]]
* [[Ram Nath Kovind]]
|-
|5A
|[[Deputy Prime Minister of India|Deputy Prime Minister]]
|''vacant''
|-
|rowspan="2"|6
|[[Chief Justice of India]]
|[[Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai|Justice B. R. Gavai]]
|-
|[[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]]
|[[Om Birla]]
|-
|rowspan="8"|7
|[[Union Council of Ministers]]
|''[[Third Modi ministry#Cabinet Ministers|List of Union Council of Ministers]]''
|-
|[[Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-06-11|title=Government gives cabinet rank, extension to Nripendra Misra and PK Mishra|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/government-gives-cabinet-rank-extension-to-nripendra-misra-and-pk-mishra/articleshow/69745842.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2020-06-21}}</ref>
|
*[[Pramod Kumar Mishra]]
*[[Shaktikanta Das]]
|-
|[[National Security Advisor (India)|National Security Advisor]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Roche |first1=Elizabeth |title=Ajit Doval to stay as NSA, gets cabinet rank with 5-year term |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/ajit-doval-reappointed-national-security-advisor-in-modi-2-0-given-cabinet-rank-1559553527501.html |access-date=23 February 2023 |work=mint |date=3 June 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Ajit Doval]]
|-
|[[Chief minister (India)|Chief Ministers]] {{small|(within their respective states)}}
|''[[List of current Indian chief ministers|List of chief ministers]]''
|-
|Vice Chairperson of the [[NITI Aayog]]
|[[Suman Bery]]
|-
|Living former [[List of Prime Ministers of India|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<ref name="HA">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/hindi/top |title=Ministry of Home |access-date=2 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428030937/http://mha.nic.in/hindi/top |archive-date=28 April 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|Living recipients of the [[Bharat Ratna]]
|
* [[Amartya Sen]]
* [[C. N. R. Rao]]
* [[Sachin Tendulkar]]
* [[L. K. Advani]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|8
|[[Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary|Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary]] and [[High commissioner (Commonwealth)|high commissioners]] of the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth countries]] [[Diplomatic accreditation|accredited]] to India
|''[[List of Ambassadors and High Commissioners to India|List of ambassadors and high commissioners]]''
|-
|Governors {{small|(when outside their respective states)}}
|''[[List of current Indian governors|List of governors]]''
|-
|Chief ministers {{small|(when outside their respective states)}}
|''[[List of current Indian chief ministers|List of chief ministers]]''
|-
|9
|Judges of the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]]
|''[[List of sitting judges of the Supreme Court of India|List of judges of the Supreme Court]]''
|-
|rowspan="3"|9A<ref name="HA" />
|Chairperson of the [[Union Public Service Commission]]
|[[Ajay Kumar (civil servant)|Ajay Kumar]]
|-
|[[Chief Election Commissioner of India|Chief Election Commissioner]]
|[[Gyanesh Kumar]]
|-
|[[Comptroller and Auditor General of India|Comptroller and Auditor General]]
|[[K. Sanjay Murthy]]
|-
|rowspan="6"|10
|[[Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha]]
|[[Harivansh Narayan Singh]]
|-
|[[Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha]]
|''vacant''
|-
|[[Minister of State#India|Ministers of State of the Union]]
|''[[Third Modi ministry#Ministers of State (Independent Charge)|List of Ministers of State (Independent Charge)]]''
|-
|[[ Deputy Chief Minister (India)|Deputy Chief Ministers]] {{small|(within their respective states)}}
|''[[List of current Indian deputy chief ministers|List of deputy chief ministers]]''
|-
|[[NITI Aayog]] members
|''[[NITI Aayog#Members|List of Members of NITI Aayog]]''
|-
|[[ Deputy Chief Minister (India)|Deputy Chief Ministers]] {{small|(when outside their respective states)}}
|''[[List of current Indian deputy chief ministers|List of deputy chief ministers]]''
|-
|rowspan="4"|11
|[[Attorney General of India|Attorney General]]
|[[R. Venkataramani]]
|-
|[[Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India|Principal Scientific Adviser]]
|[[Ajay K. Sood]]
|-
|Lieutenant governors {{small|(within their respective [[Union territory|union territories]])}}
|''[[List of current Indian lieutenant governors and administrators|List of lieutenant governors]]''
|-
|[[Cabinet Secretary (India)|Cabinet Secretary]]
|[[T. V. Somanathan]]
|-
|rowspan="5"|12
|colspan="2"|Chiefs of staff holding the rank of [[General (India)|General]] or equivalent rank ([[four-star rank]] officers in the [[Indian Armed Forces|armed forces]])
|-
|[[Chief of Defence Staff (India)|Chief of Defence Staff]]
|[[General (India)|General]] [[Anil Chauhan]]
|-
|[[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Chief of the Army Staff]]
|[[General (India)|General]] [[Upendra Dwivedi]]
|-
|[[Chief of the Air Staff (India)|Chief of the Air Staff]]
|[[Air Chief Marshal (India)|Air Chief Marshal]] [[Amar Preet Singh]]
|-
|[[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]]
|[[Admiral (India)|Admiral]] [[Dinesh Kumar Tripathi]]
|-
|13
|[[Envoy (title)|Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary]] accredited to India
|''various''
|-
|rowspan="2"|14
|Chief justices of [[high courts of India|high courts]] {{small|(within their respective jurisdictions)}}
|''[[List of current Indian chief justices|List of chief justices]]''
|-
|[[Speaker (India)|State legislative speakers and chairpersons]] {{small|(within their respective states)}}
|''[[List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairpersons|List of state legislative speakers and chairpersons]]''
|-
|rowspan="3"|15
|Union deputy ministers
|''[[Third Modi ministry#Ministers of State|List of Ministers of State]]''
|-
|Union territory chief ministers {{small|(within their respective union territories)}}
|''[[List of current Indian chief ministers|List of chief ministers]]''
|-
|[[State governments of India|State cabinet ministers]] {{small|(within their respective states)}}
|''various''
|-
|16
|Officiating chiefs of staff holding the rank of [[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] or equivalent rank ([[three-star rank]]) officers in the armed forces
|''vacant''
|-
|rowspan="11"|17
|Chief justices of high courts {{small|(outside their respective jurisdictions)}}
|''[[List of current Indian chief justices|List of chief justices of high courts]]''
|-
|Judges of high courts {{small|(within their respective jurisdictions)}}
|''[[List of sitting judges of the high courts of India|List of judges of high courts]]''
|-
|Chairperson of the [[Central Administrative Tribunal]]
|[[Ranjit Vasantrao More]]
|-
|Chairperson of the [[National Human Rights Commission of India|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]]<ref name="HA" />
|Kishor Makwana
|-
|Chairperson of the [[National Commission for Scheduled Tribes]]<ref name="HA" />
|Antar Singh Arya
|-
|Chairperson of the [[National Commission for Backward Classes]]<ref name="HA" />
|[[Hansraj Gangaram Ahir]]
|-
|[[Chief Vigilance Commissioner]]
|Praveen Kumar Srivastava
|-
|rowspan="7"|18
|State cabinet ministers {{small|(outside their respective states)}}
|''various''
|-
|State legislative speakers and chairpersons {{small|(outside their respective states)}}
|''[[List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairpersons|List of state legislative speakers and chairpersons]]''
|-
|Chairperson of the [[Competition Commission of India|Competition Commission]]
|Ravneet Kaur
|-
|Union territoriy legislative speakers
|''[[List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairpersons|List of legislative speakers]]''
|-
|State legislative deputy speakers and deputy chairpersons {{small|(within their respective states)}}
|''various''
|-
|State ministers of state {{small|(within their respective states)}}
|''various''
|-
|Union territory ministers {{small|(within their respective union territories)}}
|''various''
|-
|rowspan="3"|19
|Union territory legislative deputy speakers
|''various''
|-
|Administrators {{small|(within their respective union territories)}}
|''[[List of current Indian lieutenant governors and administrators|List of administrators]]''
|-
|State deputy ministers {{small|(within their respective states)}}
|''various''
|-
|rowspan="3"|20
|State legislative deputy speakers and deputy chairpersons {{small|(outside their respective states)}}
|''various''
|-
|State ministers of state {{small|(outside their respective state)}}
|''various''
|-
|[[High courts of India|Judges of high courts]] {{small|(outside their respective jurisdictions)}}
|''[[List of sitting judges of the high courts of India|List of judges of high courts]]''
|-
|rowspan="3"|21
|colspan="2"|[[Member of Parliament (India)|Members of Parliament]]
|-
|[[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Members of Rajya Sabha]]
|''[[List of current members of the Rajya Sabha|List of Rajya Sabha members]]''
|-
|[[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Members of Lok Sabha]]
|''[[List of members of the 18th Lok Sabha|List of Lok Sabha members]]''
|-
|22
|State deputy ministers {{small|(outside their respective states)}}
|''various''
|-
| rowspan="26" |23
|colspan="2"|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 (India)|Lieutenant General]] or equivalent rank
|-
|[[Vice Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Vice Chief of the Army Staff]]
|{{small|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]]}} [[N. S. Raja Subramani]]
|-
|Army commanders (General officers commanding-in-chief)
|''[[List of serving generals of the Indian Army#Army Commanders (Commander-in-Chief grade)|List of army commanders]]''
|-
|[[Vice Chief of the Air Staff (India)|Vice Chief of the Air Staff]]
|{{small|[[Air marshal (India)|Air Marshal]]}} [[Narmdeshwar Tiwari]]
|-
|Air commanders (Air officers commanding-in-chief)
|''[[List of serving marshals of the Indian Air Force#Air Commanders (Commander-in-Chief grade)|List of air commanders]]''
|-
|[[Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Vice Chief of the Naval Staff]]
|{{small|[[Vice admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]]}} [[Krishna Swaminathan]]
|-
|Naval commanders (Flag officers commanding-in-chief)
|''[[List of serving admirals of the Indian Navy#Naval Commanders (Commander-in-Chief grade)|List of naval commanders]]''
|-
|[[Secretary to the Government of India|Secretaries to the union government]]{{efn|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.}}
|''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 of India|National Human Rights Commission]]
|''various''
|-
|Members of the [[National Commission for Women]]
|''various''
|-
|Members of the [[National Commission for Protection of Child Rights|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 [[National Commission for Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribes]]
|''various''
|-
|Members of the National [[National Commission for Backward Classes|Commission for Backward Classes]]
|''various''
|-
|Secretary to the [[President of India|President]]
|Rajesh Verma
|-
|[[Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha]]
|[[Pramod Chandra Mody]]
|-
|[[Secretary General of the Lok Sabha]]
|Utpal Kumar Singh
|-
|[[Solicitor General of India|Solicitor General]]
|[[Tushar Mehta]]
|-
|Vice Chairperson of the [[Central Administrative Tribunal]]
|
|-
|[[Chief secretary (India)|Chief secretaries]] to state/union territory governments {{small|(within their respective states)}}
|''various''
|-
|rowspan="3"|24
|Lieutenant generals of the [[Indian Army]]
|''[[List of serving generals of the Indian Army|List of lieutenant generals]]''
|-
|Vice admirals of the [[Indian Navy]]
|''[[List of serving admirals of the Indian Navy|List of vice admirals]]''
|-
|Air marshals of the [[Indian Air Force]]
|''[[List of serving marshals of the Indian Air Force|List of air marshals]]''
|-
|rowspan="21"|25
|[[Lieutenant governor|Lieutenant governors]] {{small|(outside their respective union territories)}}
|''[[List of current Indian lieutenant governors and administrators|List of lieutenant governors]]''
|-
|Union territory chief ministers {{small|(outside their respective union territories)}}
|''[[List of current Indian chief ministers|List of chief ministers]]''
|-
|Union territory legislative speakers {{small|(outside their respective union territories)}}
|''[[List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairpersons|List of speakers]]''
|-
|[[Chief secretary (India)|Chief secretaries]] {{small|(outside their respective states/union territories)}}
|''various''
|-
|[[Director general of police|Directors General of Police]] of various State police forces.
|''various''
|-
|Directors General of [[Central Armed Police Forces]] ([[Assam Rifles|AR]], [[Border Security Force|BSF]], [[Central Industrial Security Force|CISF]], [[Central Reserve Police Force|CRPF]], [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police|ITBP]], [[National Security Guard|NSG]], and [[Sashastra Seema Bal|SSB]])
|''various''
|-
|DGs and Directors of various forces and organisations under the union government (i.e. [[National Disaster Response Force|NDRF]], [[Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (India)|AAIB]], [[National Crime Records Bureau|NCRB]], [[Bureau of Police Research and Development|BPRD]] etc.)
|''various''
|-
|Directors of various Security and investigative agencies (i.e. [[Enforcement Directorate|ED]], [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]], [[National Investigation Agency|NIA]], [[Narcotics Control Bureau|NCB]] etc.)
|''various''
|-
|[[Additional secretary to the Government of India|Additional secretaries to the union government]]
|''various''
|-
|[[two-star rank]] principal staff officers of the [[Armed Forces of India|armed forces]] of the rank of [[Major general (India)|Major General]] or equivalent rank (i.e. [[Rear admiral (India)|Rear Admiral]] and [[Air vice marshal (India)|Air Vice Marshal]])
|''various''
|-
|[[Advocate general (India)|Advocates general]]
|''various''
|-
|[[Additional Solicitor General of India|Additional solicitors general]]
|''various''
|-
|[[Chargé d'affaires|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 of India|Competition Commission]]
|''various''
|-
|Members of the [[Union Public Service Commission]]
|''various''
|-
|Members of [[Public service commissions in India|State Public Service Commissions]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://gad.kerala.gov.in/order-precedence |title = Order of Precedence {{!}} GAD}}</ref>
|''various''
|-
|Union territory ministers {{small|(outside their respective union territories)}}
|''various''
|-
|rowspan="2"|26
|[[Joint secretary to the Government of India|Joint secretaries to the union government]] and officers of equivalent rank.
|''various''
|-
|Officers of the rank of [[Major general (India)|Major General]] or equivalent rank.
|''various''
|-
|}

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== See also ==
* [[List of office-holders in India]]
* [[Salaries of government officials in India]]

== External links == 
* [https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/table_of_precedence.pdf Order of Precedence of India] MHA, India

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