Order of Precedence in India

This is the order of precedence that is followed in India
President (Abdul Kalam)
Vice President (Bhairon Singh Shekhawat)
Prime Minister (Manmohan Singh)
Governors of states (within their states)
Former Presidents R. Venkataraman (19871992)
Deputy Prime Minister (if existing)
Chief Justice of India (K. G. Balakrishnan); Speaker of the Lok Sabha (Somnath Chatterjee)
Union Cabinet Ministers; Chief Ministers of states (within their states); Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission; former Prime Ministers; Leaders of Opposition of the Lok Sabha (Lal Krishna Advani) and Rajya Sabha (Jaswant Singh)
Bharat Ratna awardees (Nelson Mandela (1990) Ravi Shankar (1999) Amartya Sen (1999) Lata Mangeshkar (2001) )
Ambassadors and High Commissioners accredited to India; Governors and Chief Ministers of states (outside their states)
Judges of the Supreme Court
Chief Election Commissioner (N. Gopalaswami); Comptroller and Auditor General of India (Vijayendra N. Kaul)
Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha (K. Rahman Khan); Deputy Chief Ministers of states; Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha (Charanjit Singh Atwal); Members of the Planning Commission; Ministers of State in the Union and Defence Ministry
Attorney General of India (Milon Banerjee); Cabinet Secretary; Lieutenant Governors (within their Union territory)
Chiefs of Staff holding the rank of full General or equivalent rank
Charanjit Singh Atwal