Order of precedence in India
{{Short description|Relative preeminence of officials for ceremonial purposes}}
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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
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.{{cite web|date=26 August 1979|title=President's Secretariat|url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/guidline_govt_mp/chap11.pdf|access-date=5 August 2010|work=Office of the President of India|publisher=Rajya Sabha}}{{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}}
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Indian Order of Precedence |
| Rank
! Position ! Current office holder(s) |
|---|
| 1 |
| 2 |
| 3 |
| 4
|Governors {{small|(within their respective states)}} |
| 5
|Living former Presidents | |
| 5A
|vacant |
| rowspan="2"|6
| |
| Speaker of the Lok Sabha |
| rowspan="8"|7 |
| National Security Advisor (IPS/IFS)
|Ajit Doval{{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}} |
| Principal Secretary (IAS/IFS) to the Prime Minister |
| Vice Chairperson of the NITI Aayog |
| Living former Prime Ministers |
| Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha |
| Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha |
| Chief Ministers {{small|(within their respective states)}} |
| 7A{{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 }}
|Living recipients of the Bharat Ratna | |
| rowspan="3"|8
|Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary and high commissioners of the Commonwealth countries accredited to India |
| Governors {{small|(when outside their respective states)}} |
| Chief ministers {{small|(when outside their respective states)}} |
| 9
|Judges of the Supreme Court |
| rowspan="3"|9A
|Chairperson of the Union Public Service Commission |
| Chief Election Commissioner |
| Comptroller and Auditor General
|K. Sanjay Murthy |
| rowspan="4"|10 |
| Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
|vacant |
| Union ministers of state |
| NITI Aayog members
|various |
| rowspan="4"|11 |
| Principal Scientific Adviser |
| Lieutenant governors {{small|(within their respective union territories)}} |
| Cabinet Secretary |
| rowspan="5"|12
|colspan="2"|Chiefs of staff holding the rank of General or equivalent rank (four-star rank officers in the armed forces) |
| Chief of Defence Staff
|{{small|General}} Anil Chauhan |
| Chief of the Army Staff
|{{small|General}} Upendra Dwivedi |
| Chief of the Air Staff
|{{small|Air Chief Marshal}} Amar Preet Singh |
| Chief of the Naval Staff
|{{small|Admiral}} Dinesh Kumar Tripathi |
| 13
|Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary accredited to India |various |
| rowspan="2"|14
|Chief justices of high courts {{small|(within their respective jurisdictions)}} |
| State legislative speakers and chairpersons {{small|(within their respective states)}} |
| rowspan="3"|15
|Union deputy ministers |various |
| Union territory chief ministers {{small|(within their respective union territories)}} |
| State cabinet ministers {{small|(within their respective states)}}
|various |
| rowspan="3"|16
|rowspan="3"|Officiating chiefs of staff holding the rank of Lieutenant General or equivalent rank (three-star rank) officers in the armed forces |
| List of air marshals |
| List of vice admirals |
| rowspan="11"|17
|Chief justices of high courts {{small|(outside their respective jurisdictions)}} |
| Judges of high courts {{small|(within their respective jurisdictions)}} |
| Chairperson of the Central Administrative Tribunal |
| Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission
|Justice V. Ramasubramanian |
| Chairperson of the National Commission for Women |
| Chairperson of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
|Priyank Kanoongo |
| Chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities |
| Chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes
|Kishor Makwana |
| Chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
|Antar Singh Arya |
| Chairperson of the National Commission for Backward Classes |
| 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)}} |
| Chairperson of the Competition Commission
|Ravneet Kaur |
| Union territoriy 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)}} |
| 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 |
| Judges of high courts {{small|(outside their respective jurisdictions)}} |
| rowspan="3"|21
|colspan="2"|Members of Parliament |
| Members of Rajya Sabha |
| Members of Lok Sabha |
| 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 or equivalent rank |
| Vice Chief of the Army Staff
|{{small|Lieutenant General}} N. S. Raja Subramani |
| Army commanders (General officers commanding-in-chief) |
| Vice Chief of the Air Staff
|{{small|Air Marshal}} Sujeet Pushpkar Dharkar |
| Air commanders (Air officers commanding-in-chief) |
| Vice Chief of the Naval Staff
|{{small|Vice Admiral}} Krishna Swaminathan |
| Naval commanders (Flag officers commanding-in-chief) |
| 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
|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 |
| Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha |
| Secretary General of the Lok Sabha
|Utpal Kumar Singh |
| Solicitor General |
| Vice Chairperson of the Central Administrative Tribunal
| |
| Chief secretaries to state/union territory governments {{small|(within their respective states)}}
|various |
| rowspan="3"|24
|Lieutenant generals of the Indian Army |various |
| Vice admirals of the Indian Navy
|various |
| Air marshals of the Indian Air Force
|various |
| rowspan="21"|25
|Lieutenant governors {{small|(outside their respective union territories)}} |
| Union territory chief ministers {{small|(outside their respective union territories)}} |
| Union territory legislative speakers {{small|(outside their respective union territories)}} |
| Chief secretaries {{small|(outside their respective states/union territories)}}
|various |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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.{{cite web| url = https://gad.kerala.gov.in/order-precedence |title = Order of Precedence {{!}} GAD}}
|various |
| Union territory ministers {{small|(outside their respective union territories)}}
|various |
| rowspan="2"|26
|Joint secretaries to the union government and officers of equivalent rank. |various |
| Officers of the rank of Major General or equivalent rank.
|various |
Notes
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References
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See also
== External links ==
- [https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/table_of_precedence.pdf Order of Precedence of India] MHA, India