A list released by the Indian Express for the ‘Most Powerful Indians’ in which the top spot is grabbed by PM Narendra Modi followed by Union Minister Amit Shah and RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat at second and third position respectively. On the other hand, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi stood at the 16th spot on the IE 100 powerful Indians list in 2024 and the Aam Aadmi Party supremo in the 18th position.

Adani Group Chairman, Gautam Adani surpasses RIL Chairman and Managing Director, Mukesh Ambani grabbing the 10th spot in the list whereas Mukesh Ambani is on the 11th spot.

There were many actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Alia Bhatt and Shah Rukh Khan who were also present in this list. The rank grabbed by these stars are 99, 79, 27 respectively. Filmmaker Karan Johar was also present in this list with a rank of 97.

Here is the list of Top 40 most powerful Indians in 2024:-

1. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India
2. Amit Shah, Union home minister
3. Mohan Bhagwat, RSS chief
4. DY Chandrachud, Chief Justice of India
5. S Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister
6. Yogi Adityanath, Uttar Pradesh CM
7. Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister
8. Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister
9. JP Nadda, BJP national president
10. Gautam Adani, Chairman, Adani Group
11. Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director, RIL
12. Piyush Goyal, Commerce Minister and Leader of the House, Rajya Sabha
13. Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways, Telecom and IT
14. Himanta Biswa Sarma, Assam CM
15. Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal CM and TMC chief
16. Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP
17. Ajit Doval, National Security Advisor
18. Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi CM and AAP supremo
19. Shaktikanta Das, RBI governor
20. Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs and Petroleum & Natural Gas
21. Sanjiv Khanna, Supreme Court Judge
22. Siddaramaiah, Karnataka CM
23. Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Chemicals and Fertilisers
24. Nitish Kumar, Bihar CM and JDU chief
25. MK Stalin, Tamil Nadu CM
26. Nita Ambani, Chairperson and founder, Reliance Foundation
27. Shah Rukh Khan, Actor
28. Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Chairperson, Tata Group
29. Sonia Gandhi, Former Congress president
30. Rahul Navin, Acting Director, Enforcement Directorate
31. Bhupender YadavMinister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
32. Anurag Thakur, Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Sports and Youth Affairs
33. Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Education
34. Dattatreya Hosabale, General Secretary, RSS
35. Jay Shah, BCCI secretary
36. Mallikarjun Kharge, President, Indian National Congress
37. Azim Premji, Founder, Wipro
38. Virat Kohli, India batsman
39. Anumula Revanth Reddy, Telangana CM
40. Vinai Kumar Saxena, Delhi L-G