Order of precedence of Republic of India

Ankur Kulhari

  • The Order of precedence of Republic of India is the protocol list in which the officials and functionaries are listed as per their rank and office in the Government 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.
  • It is only used to indicate ceremonial protocol 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.
  • It is not applicable for the day-to-day functioning of the Government of India.

Order of precedence of India

Rank Persons
1

President

2

Vice President

3

Prime Minister

4

Governors of states (within their respective states)

5

Former Presidents

5A

Deputy Prime Minister

6
7
7A[2]
8
9 Judges of the Supreme Court of India
9A[2]
10
11
12

Chiefs of staff holding the rank of full General or equivalent rank

13 Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary accredited to India
14
15
  • Chief ministers of union territories (within their respective union territories)
  • Cabinet ministers in states (within their respective states)
  • Chief Executive Councillor of Delhi (within their respective union territories) (position no longer exists)
  • Deputy ministers of the union
16 Officiating chiefs of staff holding the rank of lieutenant general or equivalent rank
17
18
  • Cabinet ministers in states (outside their respective states)
  • Chairmen and speakers of state legislatures (outside their respective states)
  • Chairman of Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission (position no longer exists)
  • 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) (position no longer exists)
19
  • Chief commissioners of union territories not having a council 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 Delhi Metropolitan Council (within their respective union territories)
20
  • Deputy chairmen 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
24
25
26

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