Ministers and Officers Ranking / Grades
Indian order of precedence 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 Ministry of Home Affairs. It is only used to indicate ceremonial protocol and has no legal standing; it does not reflect the Indian presidential line of succession or the co-equal status of the separation of powers under the Constitution. Also included below is the Warrant of Precedence (WoP) compiled from a joint consideration of the existing Central Warrant of Precedence (which is till the rank of Major General) and Warrant of Precedence of the year 1937, as per Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) directions contained in Letter No 12/11/99-Pub II dated 26 Dec 1966, the validity of whichhas been confirmed by Letter No 1