Who comes first, President or PM?

Who comes first, President or PM?
This is decided by the Table of Precedence. We are giving below the present precedence table.

1. President
2. Vice-President
3. Prime Minister
4. Governors of States within their respective States
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, Planning Commission
Former Prime Ministers
Leaders of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha
7A. Holders of Bharat Ratna decoration
8. Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and High Commissioners of Commonwealth
countries accredited to India
Chief Ministers of States outside their respective States
Governors of States outside their respective States)
9. Judges of Supreme Court
9A Chairperson, Union Public Service Commission
Chief Election Commissioner
Comptroller & Auditor General of India
10. Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha
Deputy Chief Ministers of States
Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha
Members of the Planning Commission
Ministers of State of the Union {and any other Minister in the Ministry of Defence for defence
matters}
11. Attorney General of India.
Cabinet Secretary.
Lieutenant Governors within their respective Union Territories
12. Chiefs of Staff holding the rank of full General or equivalent rank.
13. Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary accredited to India.
14. Chairmen and Speakers of State Legislatures within their respective States.
Chief Justices of High Courts within their respective jurisdictions
15. Cabinet Ministers in States within their respective States
Chief Ministers of Union Territories and 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
Chairperson, National Commission for Scheduled Castes
Chairperson, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
Chief Justices of High Courts outside their respective jurisdictions
Puisne Judges of High Courts within their respective jurisdictions
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 Councilors, Delhi, within their respective Union
Territories.
Speakers of Legislative Assemblies in Union Territories and 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 and Deputy Chairman of
metropolitan Council Delhi, 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 States
Puisne Judges of High Courts outside their respective jurisdictions.
21. Members of Parliament.
22. Deputy Ministers in State 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, National Commission for Scheduled Castes
Members, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
Officers of the rank of full General or equivalent rank
Secretaries to the Government of India (including officers holding this office ex-officio).
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
Vice-Chairman, Central Administrative Tribunal
24. Officers of the rank of Lieutenant General or equivalent rank.
25. Additional Secretaries to the Government of India.
Additional Solicitor General
Advocate Generals of States.
Chairman, Tariff Commission
Charge d’ Affairs and Acting High Commissioners a pied and ad interim
Chief Ministers of Union Territories and Chief Executive Councillor, 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 and 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.
Director, Intelligence Bureau
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 Executive Councillors, Delhi, outside their respective Unio
Territories.
Principal Staff Officers of the Armed Forces of the rank of major General or equivalent rank
Speakers of Legislative Assemblies in Union Territories and Chairman of Delhi, Metropolitan
Council, outside their respective Union Territories
26. Joint Secretaries to the Government of India and officers of equivalent rank.
Officers of the rank of Major-General or equivalent rank


NOTES

Note 1 The order in this Table of Precedence is meant for State and Ceremonial occasions and
has no application in the day-to-day business of Government.

Note 2 Persons in the Table of Precedence will take rank in order of the number of the article
The entries in the same article are arranged alphabetically. Those included in the same
article will take precedence inter se according to date of entry into that article. However,
where the dignitaries of different States and Union Territories included in the same article
are present at a function outside their States or Union Territories and there is difficulty in
ascertaining their dates of entry, they may be assigned precedence inter se in the
alphabetical order of the name of States and Union Territories concerned after those whose
precedence is determined according to date of entry into that article.

Note 3 In Article 7, former Prime Ministers will take precedence over the Cabinet Ministers of the
Union and the Leaders of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha. The Chief
Ministers of States within their respective States will take precedence over the Cabinet
Ministers of the Union in official functions held in the respective States.

Note 4 In Article 8: –

(a) 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;
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(b) Governors of States outside their respective States will en bloc rank above Chief Ministers
of States outside their respective States.

Note 5 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.

Note 6 Notwithstanding the procedure laid down in Note 2, the rank inter se and precedence of the
persons in Article 10 shall be assigned in the following order: -

(1) Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha.
(2) Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha.
(3) Ministers of State of the Union and any other Minister in the Ministry of Defence for
defence matters.
(4) Deputy Chief Ministers of States.
(5) Members of Planning Commission.

However, the Deputy Chief Ministers of States outside their respective States will always
rank below all other dignitaries figuring in this article.

Note 7 The Chairmen of State Legislative Councils will rank above the Speakers of Legislative
Assemblies in cases where they were elected on the same date.

Note 8 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.

Note 9 Speakers of Legislative Assemblies in Union Territories and Chairman of the Delhi
Metropolitan Council, Delhi, will take precedence over Ministers and Executive
Councillors, included in the same article.

Note 10 In Article 23: -

(a) Secretaries in the Ministry of External Affairs other than the Foreign Secretary, between
themselves, will take precedence in the order of their seniority in Grade-I of the Indian
Foreign Service and both of them will take precedence after the Foreign Secretary.
(b) Members of the Minorities Commission and the Scheduled Castes and Schedule Tribes
Commission will always take precedence over the Secretaries of these Commissions;
(c) In official functions held at Delhi/New Delhi, Army Commanders/Vice Chief of the Army
Staff or equivalent in other Services will always rank after Secretaries to the Government
of India.

Note 11 In Article 25: -

(a) Additional Secretaries in the Ministry of External Affairs, among themselves, will take
precedence in the order of their seniority in Grade- II of the Indian Foreign Service;

(b) Additional Solicitor General will take precedence above the Advocate General of States;

(c) Lieutenant Governors will take precedence over the Chief Ministers and Chief Executive
Councillor, Delhi, and the latter will take precedence over Speakers of Legislative
Assemblies and Chairman, Metropolitan Council, Delhi;
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(d) Deputy Speakers of Legislative Assemblies of Union Territories and Deputy Chairman of
Delhi Metropolitan Council will take precedence after Ministers of Union Territories and
Executive Councillors, Delhi.

Note 12 For the purpose of Article 26, the posts equivalent to the posts of Joint Secretaries to the
Government of India will be determined by the Ministry of Home Affairs.