Hierarchy of Indian Government Officials
» The Order of precedence of the Republic of
India is the protocol list (hierarchy of important positions) in
which the functionaries and officials are listed according to their rank
and office in
the Government of India.
» The order
is established by the President of India, through the Office of the President
of India and is maintained by the PM.
» The Order
of Precedence is only used to indicate ceremonial protocol and has no stature standing;
it does not reflect the Indian presidential line of succession or the co-equal
status of the separation of powers under the Constitution.
» The Order
of Precedence is applicable to day-to-day functioning of Government of India.
Table of Precedence
Rank
|
Persons
|
1
|
·
President – Pranab
Mukherjee
|
2
|
·
Vice-President – Mohammad Hamid Ansari
|
3
|
·
Prime Minister – Narendra
Modi
|
4
|
·
Governors of states of India (within
their respective States)
|
5
|
·
Former Presidents - Pratibha
Patil
|
5A
|
·
Deputy Prime Minister – vacant
|
6
|
·
Chief Justice of India-Jagdish Singh Khehar,
·
Speaker of Lok Sabha – Sumitra
Mahajan,
|
7
|
·
Cabinet Ministers of the Union,
·
Chief Ministers of States (within
their respective States)
·
Deputy Chairman of NITI Aayog - Arvind Panagariya
·
Former Prime Ministers – Manmohan
Singh, H. D. Deve
Gowda, Atal Bihari Vajpayee
·
Leaders of the Opposition in
the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha – Ghulam Nabi
Azad and Mallikarjun Kharge (Leader of the
single largest party in opposition)
|
7A
|
·
Holders of the Bharat
Ratna – Amartya Sen, Lata
Mangeshkar, C. N. R.
Rao, Sachin Tendulkar, Atal Bihari Vajpayee
|
8
|
·
Ambassadors Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary and High Commissioners of Commonwealth
countries accredited to India
·
Chief Ministers of States (when outside their
respective States)
·
Governors
of States (when outside their respective States)
|
9
|
·
Judges of Supreme Court of India (Justices of
India),
|
9A
|
·
Chairman, Union Public Service Commission – David R. Syiemlieh
·
Chief Election Commissioner – Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi
·
Comptroller and Auditor General – Shashi Kant Sharma
|
10
|
·
Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha – P. J.
Kurien,
·
Deputy Chief Ministers of States
·
Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha – M.
Thambidurai
·
Members of the NITI Ayog
·
Ministers of States of the Union
|
11
|
·
Lieutenant Governors within their respective
Union Territories
·
Attorney General of India – Mukul
Rohatgi
·
Cabinet Secretary – Pradeep Kumar Sinha
|
12
|
·
Chiefs of Staff holding the rank of full
General or equivalent rank
·
Chief of Army Staff – General Bipin Rawat
·
Chief of Air Staff – Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa
·
Chief of Naval Staff – Admiral Sunil Lanba
|
13
|
·
Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers
Plenipotentiary accredited to India
|
14
|
·
Chief Justices of States
·
* Chairman and Speakers of State Legislatures
(within their respective States)
|
15
|
·
Chief Ministers of Union Territories within
their respective Union Territories
·
Cabinet Ministers in States (within their
respective States)
·
Chief Executive Councillor Delhi (within their
respective Union Territories)
·
Deputy Ministers of the Union
|
16
|
·
Officiating Chiefs of Staff holding the rank
of Lieutenant General or equivalent rank
|
17
|
·
Chairman, Central Administrative Tribunal
·
Chairman, Minorities Commission
·
Chairman, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled
Tribes Commission
|
18
|
·
Cabinet Ministers in States (outside their
respective States)
·
Chairmen and Speakers of State Legislatures
(outside their respective States)
·
Chairmen, Monopolies and Restrictive Trade
Practices Commission
·
Deputy Chairmen and Deputy Speakers of State
Legislatures (within their respective States)
·
Ministers of State in States (within their
respective States)
·
Ministers of Union Territories and Executive
Councillors of Delhi (within their respective Union Territories)
·
Speakers of Legislative Assemblies in Union
Territories
·
Chairman of Delhi Metropolitan Council (within
their respective Union Territories)
|
19
|
·
Chief Commissioners of Union Territories not
having Councils of Ministers (within their respective Union Territories)
·
Deputy Ministers in States (within their
respective States)
·
Deputy Speakers of Legislative Assemblies in
Union Territories
·
Deputy Chairman of Metropolitan Council Delhi
(with in their respective Union Territories)
|
20
|
·
Deputy Chairman and Deputy Speakers of State
Legislatures (outside their respective States)
·
Ministers of State in States (outside their
respective State)
|
21
|
·
Members of Parliament
|
22
|
·
Deputy Ministers in States (outside their
respective States)
|
23
|
·
Secretaries to Government of India
·
Army Commanders/Vice Chief of the Army Staff
or equivalent in other Services
·
Chief Secretaries to State Governments (within
their respective States)
·
Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities
·
Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and
Scheduled Tribes
·
Members, Minorities Commission
·
Members, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Commission
·
Officers of the rank of full General or
equivalent rank
·
Director of the Intelligence Bureau
·
Secretary, Minorities Commission
·
Secretary, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled
Tribes Commission
·
Secretary to the President
·
Secretary to the Prime Minister
·
Secretary, Rajya Sabha/Lok Sabha
·
Solicitor General of India
·
Vice-Chairman, Central Administrative Tribunal
|
24
|
·
Lieutenant Generals of the Indian
Army
·
Air Marshals of
the Indian Air Force
·
Vice
Admirals of the Indian Navy
|
25
|
·
Additional Secretaries to the Government of
India
·
Advocate Generals of States
·
Additional Solicitor General
·
Chairman, Tariff Commission
·
Charge Affairs and Acting High Commissioners a
pied and adinterim
·
Chief Ministers of Union Territories (outside
their respective Union Territories)
·
Chief executive Councillor of Delhi (outside
their respective Union Territories)
·
Chief Secretaries of State Governments
(outside their respective States)
·
Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General
·
Deputy Speakers of Legislative Assemblies in
Union Territories
·
Chairman of Delhi Metropolitan Council
(outside their respective Union Territories)
·
Deputy Chairman, Delhi Metropolitan
Council(outside their respective Union Territories)
·
Director, Central Bureau of Investigation
·
Director General, Border Security Force
·
Director General, Central Reserve Police
·
Lieutenant Governors (outside their respective
Union Territories)
·
Members, Central Administrative Tribunal
·
Members, Monopolies and Restrictive Trade
Practices Commission
·
Members, Union Public Service Commission
·
Ministers of Union Territories and Executives
Councillors, Delhi
·
Principal Staff Officers of the Armed Forces
of the rank of Major General or equivalent rank
·
Speakers of Legislative Assemblies in Union
Territories
|
26
|
·
Joint Secretaries to Government of
India
·
Major-Generals of
the Indian Army
·
Rear
Admirals of the Indian Navy
·
Air Vice Marshals of the Indian Air
Force
|
» Ambassadors
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and High Commissioners of Commonwealth
countries accredited to India will en bloc rank above Governors of States
outside their respective States;
» Governors
of States outside their respective States will en bloc rank above Chief
Ministers of States outside their respective States.
» When
Members of Parliament are invited en bloc to major State functions, the
enclosures reserved for them should be next to the Chief Justice, Speaker of
the Lok Sabha, Ambassadors etc.
» The
Ministry of External Affairs may assign appropriate ranks to foreign
dignitaries and Indian Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Ministers
Plenipotentiary during their visit to India.
Order of Precedence in India
- President of India
- Vice-President of India
- Prime Minister Of India
- Governors of states of India(within their respective States)
- Former Presidents (5A Deputy Prime Minister)
- Chief Justice of India, Speaker of Lok Sabha
- Cabinet Ministers of the Union Government, Chief Ministers of States(within their respective States), Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission of India, Former Prime Ministers, Leaders of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha, Holders of the Bharat Ratna
- Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and High Commissioners of Commonwealth countries accredited to India, Chief Ministers of States (when outside their respective States), Governors of States (when outside their respective States)
- Judges of Supreme Court of India (Justices of India), Chief Election Commissioner, Comptroller and Auditor General, Chairman of Union Public Service Commission, Chairman of National Green Tribunal
- Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha, Deputy Chief Ministers of States, Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha, Members of the Planning Commission, Ministers of States of the Union Government
