Last year in 2024, when Donald Trump had secured his Republican nomination for the 2024 presidential race, the political landscape in the US started to go through a major change. His rise, marked the beginning of a post-Trump world, where old power structures were challenged, and global politics took a new direction. Meanwhile in India, the picture couldn’t be more different.
The 2024 Lok Sabha election was another victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. For the 11th consecutive year, Modi and his allies were successful at maintaining their dominant position in India’s political landscape. And it is clear in the power list released by The Indian Express. PM Modi, Amit Shah and S Jaishankar have managed to bag the top three spots in the list this time.
Kejriwal, who once ranked at no.18, has now dropped to no. 52. Rahul Gandhi, after being named Leader of the Opposition, has climbed up in his ranking to no. 9.
Meanwhile, the business landscape tells a similar story, with figures like Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani holding their ground despite controversies, new business tycoons like Deepinder Goyal and Aravind Srinivas have also risen in rankings at no. 47 and no. 70, respectively.
On the other hand, politicos like Mamata Banerjee and MK Stalin are making their mark while positioning themselves as some of the key players in the Indian politics. While Mamata has been ranked at no. 18, Stalin has been ranked at 23.
Check out rank-wise full Indian Express Power List here:
- Narendra Modi, 74 – Prime Minister of India
Rank last year: 1
- Amit Shah, 60- Union Home Minister
Rank last year: 2
- S Jaishankar, 70- Union Minister for External Affairs
Rank last year: 5
- Mohan Bhagwat, 74- RSS Sarsanghchalak
Rank last year: 3
- Nirmala Sitharaman, 65- Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs
Rank last year: 8
- Yogi Adityanath, 52- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
Rank last year: 6
- Rajnath Singh, 73- Union Minister for Defence
Rank last year: 7
- Ashwini Vaishnaw, 54- Union Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting, Electronics & IT
Rank last year: 13
- Rahul Gandhi, 54- Leader of the Opposition, Lok Sabha
Rank last year: 16
- Mukesh Ambani, 67 – Chairman & Managing Director, Reliance Industries Limited
Rank last year: 11
- Gautam Adani, 62- Chairman, Adani Group
Rank last year: 10
- Piyush Goyal, 60- Union Minister for Commerce & Industry
Rank last year: 12
- Devendra Fadnavis, 54- Maharashtra Chief Minister
Rank last year: 50
- N Chandrababu Naidu, 74- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister
New
- Nitin Gadkari, 67- Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways
New
- Sanjay Malhotra, 57- RBI Governor
New
- Bhupender Yadav, 55- Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Rank last year: 31
- Mamata Banerjee, 70- West Bengal Chief Minister, Trinamool Congress Chief
Rank last year: 15
- Hardeep Singh Puri, 73- Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas
Rank last year: 20
- Siddaramaiah, 76- Karnataka Chief Minister
Rank last year: 22
- Nitish Kumar, 74- Bihar Chief Minister
Rank last year: 24
- Dharmendra Pradhan, 55- Union Minister for Education
Rank last year: 33
- MK Stalin, 72- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Chief
Rank last year: 25
- Jay Shah, 36- Chairman, International Cricket Council (ICC)
Rank last year: 35
- N Chandrasekaran, 61- Chairman, Tata Group
Rank last year: 28
- Nita Ambani, 60- Founder and Chairperson, Reliance Foundation
Rank last year: 26
- General Upendra Dwivedi, 60- Chief of Army Staff
New
- Anumula Revanth Reddy, 55- Telangana Chief Minister
Rank last year: 39
- Shivraj Singh Chouhan, 66- Union Minister for Rural Development, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare
New
- Noel Naval Tata, 68- Chairman, Tata Trusts, Trent and Tata Investment Corporation
New
- Himanta Biswa Sarma, 56- Assam Chief Minister
Rank last year: 14
- Pushkar Singh Dhami, 49 – Uttarakhand Chief Minister
Rank last year: 61
- Mallikarjun Kharge, 82- President, Indian National Congress; Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha
Rank last year: 36
- Mansukh Mandaviya, 52- Union Minister for Labour and Employment, Youth Affairs and Sports
Rank last year: 23
- Ajit Doval, 80- National Security Advisor
Rank last year: 17
- Viswanathan Anand, 55- Chess Grandmaster
New
- Uday Kotak, 66- Founder and Director, Kotak Mahindra Bank
Rank last year: 41
- Nayab Singh Saini, 55
Haryana Chief Minister
New
- Manohar Lal Khattar, 70
Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs
Rank last year: 82
- Hemant Soren, 49
Chief Minister, Jharkhand
Rank last year: 93
- Pinarayi Vijayan, 79
Kerala Chief Minister
Rank last year: 49
- BL Santhosh, 58
National General Secretary (Organisation), BJP
New
- Shaktikanta Das, 68
Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister
Rank last year: 19
- Bhagwant Mann, 51
Punjab Chief Minister
Rank last year: 64
- Sanjiv Khanna, 64
Chief Justice of India
Rank last year: 21
- Omar Abdullah, 55
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister
New
- Deepinder Goyal, 42
Founder & CEO, Zomato
New
- Rohit Sharma, 37
Captain, Indian Cricket Team
Rank last year: 68
- Rajiv Bajaj, 58
Managing Director, Bajaj Auto
Rank last year: 44
- JP Nadda, 64
Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Chemicals & Fertilisers
Rank last year: 9
- Eknath Shinde, 61
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister, Shiv Sena President
Rank last year: 48
- Arvind Kejriwal, 56
Former Delhi Chief Minister; National Convenor, Aam Aadmi Party
Rank last year: 18
- Tushar Mehta, 60
Solicitor General of India
Rank last year: 51
- Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh, 70
Union Minister for Panchayati Raj; Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
New
- Sarbananda Sonowal, 62
Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways
New
- Jyotiraditya Scindia, 54
Union Minister for Communications; Development of North Eastern Region
New
- Ajit Pawar, 65
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister; President, Nationalist Congress Party
Rank last year: 76
- Kiren Rijiju, 53
Union Minister for Minority Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs
New
- Chirag Paswan, 42
Union Minister for Food Processing Industries
New
- CR Paatil, 70
Union Minister for Jal Shakti
Rank last year: 67
- Pema Khandu, 45
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister
New
- Vishnu Deo Sai, 61
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister
Rank last year: 77
- Pramod Sawant, 51
Goa Chief Minister
New
- Bhupendra Patel, 62
Gujarat Chief Minister
Rank last year: 71
- Rekha Gupta, 50
Delhi Chief Minister
New
- Mohan Yadav, 60
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister
Rank last year: 55
- Bhajan Lal Sharma, 58
Rajasthan Chief Minister
Rank last year: 74
- Sunil Bharti Mittal, 67
Chairperson, Bharti Enterprises
Rank last year: 88
- Dr Prathap C Reddy, 92
Founder-Chairman, Apollo Hospitals
New
- Aravind Srinivas, 30
Co-Founder & CEO, Perplexity
New
- Ajay Kumar Bhalla, 64
Manipur Governor
New
- Virat Kohli, 36
Cricketer
Rank last year: 38
- Konidela Pawan Kalyan, 53
Andhra Pradesh Deputy CM; Actor
New
- Vijay, 50
Tamil Superstar, Founder, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam
New
- TV Somanathan, 59
Cabinet Secretary, Government of India
Rank last year: 66
- Nikhil Kamath, 38
Co-Founder & CFO, Zerodha
New
- Sharad Pawar, 84
President, NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar)
Rank last year: 94
- PK Mishra, 76
Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister
Rank last year: 52
- Manoj Sinha, 65
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant-Governor
Rank last year: 53
- Kiran Nadar, 74
Founder, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art
Rank last year: 57
- Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, 53
Congress MP, Wayanad
Rank last year: 62
- Shashi Tharoor, 69
Congress MP, Thiruvananthapuram
Rank last year: 84
- Jasprit Bumrah, 31
Cricketer
New
- Tuhin Kanta Pandey, 59
Chairman, SEBI
New
- DK Shivakumar, 62
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister
Rank last year: 72
- Tejashwi Yadav, 35
Leader of Opposition, Bihar Assembly
Rank last year: 73
- Akhilesh Yadav, 51
President, Samajwadi Party
Rank last year: 75
- Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, 57
Union Minister for Culture, Tourism
Rank last year: 70
- Asaduddin Owaisi, 55
President, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
Rank last year: 78
- H D Kumaraswamy, 65
Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel
New
- Kumar Mangalam Birla, 57
Chairperson, Aditya Birla Group
Rank last year: 85
- Allu Arjun, 42
Actor
New
- Ramdev, 59
Yoga Guru, Patanjali Yogpeeth
Rank last year: 86
- Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, 61
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister
Rank last year: 90
- V Narayanan, 60
Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
New
- Karan Johar, 52
Filmmaker, Producer
Rank last year: 97
- Shah Rukh Khan, 59
Actor, Producer, Entrepreneur
Rank last year: 27
- Diljit Dosanjh, 41
Actor, Popstar
New
- Amitabh Bachchan, 82
Actor
Rank last year: 99
- Alia Bhatt, 32
Actor, Producer
Rank last year: 79