President of India approved new protocol for addressing the dignitaries

Pranab Mukherjee, the Hon’ble President of India approved new set of Protocols for addressing, the dignitaries inside and outside the country. Mukherjee also asked the authorities to organise government functions within the premises of Rastrapati Bhawan, this came out of his concern to the inconvenience caused to the public and police during his movement.

Words of colonial era like his Excellency will be replaced by Shree or Smt. before the name of the President or the Governor, in the functions being organised within the country and between the Indian dignitaries. His Excellency can only be used to greet the President during his interaction with foreign dignitaries.

The Hindi word, Mahamahin would be replaced by Rastrapati Mahoday. In official notings in President Secretariat, Mahamahim will be replaced with the word Rastrapati ji. Hon’ble word would be used before the names of the President and the Governor.

For further action to be taken on the protocol, the changed Protocol was conveyed to the Home Ministry. The protocol will be implemented and brought in practice with immediate effect.