Latest Table of Precedence of India

In government exams like SSC, Banking, Railways, etc we find many questions from the general awareness section. Here we are going to provide a complete list of “Order of Precedence” of the officials so that students can learn and get most of the questions correct in this section.

Complete List of Table of Precedence: 

Order	Officials
1	President
2	Vice-President
3	Prime Minister
4	Governors of states of India
5	Former Presidents
5A	Deputy Prime Minister
6	Chief Justice of India    Speaker of Lok Sabha
7	Cabinet Ministers of the Union    Chief Ministers of States (within their respective States)    Deputy Chairman of NITI Aayog    Former Prime Ministers    Leaders of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha
7A	Holders of the Bharat Ratna
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 the Supreme Court of India
9A	Chairman, Union Public Service Commission    Chief Election Commissioner of India    Comptroller and Auditor General of India
10	Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha    Deputy Chief Ministers of States    Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha    Members of the NITI Aayog    Ministers of States of the Union
11	Lieutenant Governors within their respective Union Territories    Attorney General of India    Cabinet Secretary
12	Chiefs of Staff holding the rank of full General or equivalent rank
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 (within their respective Union Territories)    Deputy Ministers of the Union
16	All the 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 Councilors 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 (within 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 States).
21	Members of Parliament
22	Deputy Ministers in States (outside their respective States)
23	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 ad interim.    Chief Ministers of Union Territories (outside their respective Union Territories).    Chief executive Councilor 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 Councilors, 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.