Indian order of precedence

1	President (Ram Nath Kovind)
2	Vice-President (Venkaiah Naidu)
3	Prime Minister (Narendra Modi)
4	Governors of States (within their respective States)
5	Former Presidents (Pratibha Patil, Pranab Mukherjee)
5A	Deputy Prime Minister – vacant
6	Chief Justice (Dipak Misra) Speaker of the Lok Sabha (Sumitra Mahajan)
7	Cabinet Ministers of the Union Chief Ministers of States (within their respective States) Deputy Chairman of the NITI Aayog[2] (Rajiv Kumar) Former Prime Ministers (Atal Bihari Vajpayee, H. D. Deve Gowda, Manmohan Singh) Leaders of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha (Ghulam Nabi Azad) and the Lok Sabha (vacant)
7A[3]	Holders of the Bharat Ratna (Amartya Sen, Lata Mangeshkar, C. N. R. Rao, Sachin Tendulkar, Atal Bihari Vajpayee)[note 1]
8	Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and the 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[3]	Chairman, Union Public Service Commission (David R. Syiemlieh) Chief Election Commissioner (Achal Kumar Jyoti) Comptroller and Auditor General (Rajiv Mehrishi)
10	Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha (P. J. Kurien) Deputy Chief Ministers of States Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha (M. Thambidurai) Members of the NITI Aayog Ministers of States of the Union
11	Lieutenants Governor of Union Territories (within their respective Union Territories) Attorney General (Kottayan Katankot Venugopal) Cabinet Secretary (Pradeep Kumar Sinha)
12	Chiefs of Staff holding the rank of full General or equivalent rank Chief of the Army Staff (General Bipin Rawat) Chief of the Air Staff (Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa) Chief of the Naval Staff (Admiral Sunil Lanba)
13	Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary accredited to India
14	Chief Justices of States Chairmen 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 of 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	Judges of High Courts, Chairman, Central Administrative Tribunal Chairman, Minorities Commission Chairman, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission[3]
18	Cabinet Ministers in States (outside their respective States) Chairmen and Speakers of State Legislatures (outside their respective States) Chairman, 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 Delhi Metropolitan Council (with in 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	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 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 (Ranjit Kumar) 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 Government of India Advocate Generals of States Additional Solicitor Generals 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 of Delhi Metropolitan Council (outside their respective Union Territories) Director of the Intelligence Bureau (Rajiv Jain) Director, Central Bureau of Investigation Director-General, Border Security Force Director-General, Central Reserve Police Force Lieutenants Governor of Union Territories (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 of 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