Order of precedence in India

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

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)
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	Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai
6	Speaker of the Lok Sabha	Om Birla
7	Union cabinet ministers	List of union cabinet ministers
	Chief ministers (within their respective states)	List of chief ministers
	Living former prime ministers	H. D. Deve Gowda
	Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister^[3]	Pramod Kumar Mishra Shaktikanta Das
	National Security Advisor^[4]	Ajit Doval
	Vice Chairperson of the NITI Aayog	Suman Bery
	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 (outside their respective states)	List of governors
	Chief ministers (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
	Union ministers of state (independent charge)	List of ministers of state (independent charge)
	Deputy chief ministers (within their respective states)	List of deputy chief ministers
	Members of the NITI Aayog	List of NITI Aayog members
11	Lieutenant governors (within their respective union territories)	List of lieutenant governors
	Cabinet Secretary	T. V. Somanathan
	Attorney General	R. Venkataramani
	Principal Scientific Adviser	Ajay K. Sood
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
14	State legislative speakers and chairpersons (within their respective states)	List of state legislative speakers and chairpersons
15	Union ministers of state	List of union ministers of state
	Union territory chief ministers (within their respective union territories)	List of chief ministers
	Deputy chief ministers (outside their respective states)	List of deputy 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	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 territory legislative speakers (within their respective union territories)	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 speakers (outside their respective union territories)	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	Secretaries to the union government^[a]	various
	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
	Secretary to the President	Rajesh Verma
	Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha	Pramod Chandra Mody
	Secretary General of the Lok Sabha	Utpal Kumar Singh
	Chief secretaries to state/union territory governments (within their respective states)	various
	District and Session Judge and judicial officers of equivalent rank.	various
	State chairpersons, State Commission for Human Rights	various
	State chairpersons, State Commission for Women	various
	State chairpersons, State Commission for Child Rights	various
	State chairpersons, State Commission for Minorities	various
	State chairpersons, State Commission for Scheduled Castes	various
	State chairpersons, State Commission for Scheduled Tribes	various
	State chairpersons, State Commission for Backward Class	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	various
	Members of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes	various
	Members of the National Commission for Backward Classes	various
	Solicitor General	Tushar Mehta
	Vice Chairperson of the Central Administrative Tribunal
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
	Chargé d' affaires and acting high commissioners a pied and ad. interim.	various
	Lieutenant governors (outside their respective union territories)	List of lieutenant governors
	Union territory chief ministers (outside their respective union territories)	List of chief ministers
	Chief secretaries (outside their respective states/union territories)	various
	Additional secretaries to the union government	various
	Additional District and Session Judge and judicial officers of equivalent rank.	various
	Director of the Intelligence Bureau	Tapan Deka
	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
	Directors general and Directors of various forces and organisations under the union government (i.e. AAIB, BPRD, NCRB, NDRF etc.)	various
	Directors of various Security and investigative agencies (i.e. CBI, ED, NCB, NIA etc.)	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
	Additional solicitors general	various
	Advocates general	various
	Deputy comptrollers and auditors general	various
	Union territory legislative deputy speakers (outside their respective union territories)	various
	Union territory ministers (outside their respective union territories)	various
	Members of the Central Administrative Tribunal	various
	Members of the Competition Commission	various
	Members of the Union Public Service Commission	various
	State members, State Public Service Commission.^[6]	various
26	Joint secretaries to the union government and officers of equivalent rank.	various
26	Officers of the rank of Major General or equivalent rank.	various

Notes

^ In official functions held at New Delhi, Military commanders/Vice Chiefs of the Army/Navy/Air Force Staff will always rank below the Secretaries to the union government.