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.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Indian Order of Precedence
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!Rank
!Position
!Current office holder(s)
|-
|1
|President
|Droupadi Murmu
|-
|2
|Vice President
|C. P. Radhakrishnan
|-
|3
|Prime Minister
|Narendra Modi
|-
|4
|Governors
|List of governors
|-
|5
|Living former presidents
|
- Pratibha Patil
- Ram Nath Kovind
|-
|5A
|Deputy Prime Minister
|vacant
|-
|rowspan="2"|6
|Chief Justice of India
|Surya Kant
|-
|Speaker of the Lok Sabha
|Om Birla
|-
|rowspan="8"|7
|Union cabinet ministers
|List of union cabinet ministers
|-
|Chief ministers
|List of chief ministers
|-
|Living former prime ministers
|H. D. Deve Gowda
|-
|Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister
|
- Pramod Kumar Mishra
- Shaktikanta Das
|-
|National Security Advisor
|Ajit Doval
|-
|Vice Chairperson of the NITI Aayog
|Ashok Lahiri
|-
|Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha
|Mallikarjun Kharge
|-
|Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha
|Rahul Gandhi
|-
|7A
|Living recipients of the Bharat Ratna
|
- Amartya Sen
- C. N. R. Rao
- Sachin Tendulkar
- L. K. Advani
|-
|rowspan="3"|8
|Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary and high commissioners of the Commonwealth countries accredited to India
|List of ambassadors and high commissioners
|-
|Governors
|List of governors
|-
|Chief ministers
|List of chief ministers
|-
|9
|Judges of the Supreme Court
|List of judges of the Supreme Court
|-
|rowspan="3"|9A
|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
References
See also
- List of office-holders in India
- Salaries of government officials in India
External links
- Order of Precedence of India MHA, India