• PM Modi is holding the top position on this list because he has only grown taller and stronger with every passing year. 
• PM Modi has 95.6 million followers on the X platform, the highest among all the world leaders.

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah. 
• He is known to be a chief strategist of the BJP under whom the party achieved a landslide victory in the Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh Legislative elections in December 2023.

• RSS Sarsanghchalak has continued to celebrate his uninterrupted innings in power. 
• His presence beside PM Modi during the Ram Temple consecration ceremony of 22 January sent a powerful signal of his position in the NDA-BJP alliance.

• Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud-led Bench settled legal doubts over the integration of Jammu and Kashmir into the Indian Union, ruling in favour of the Centre’s decision to abrogate Article 370. 
• In the election year, every verdict will be closely watched on how he handles cases of judicial review or reshapes collegium.
• DY Chandrachud’s stint will end in November.

• Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar has impressed citizens with his strong diplomatic skills. 
• His sharp retorts during Russia’s oil sanctions and the Khalistan issue have put India in a stronger position in the game of global diplomacy.

• Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister is one of the most cardinal leaders in the BJP as his state has the largest number of Lok Sabha constituencies. 
• Centre is allocating billions of dollars for the development of Uttar Pradesh while Adityanath is wooing his Hindu voters with a focus on temple constructions in the state.

• Union Defence Minister has been PM Modi’s seniormost colleague in the Cabinet. 
• Singh also enjoys goodwill among politicians across party lines for his ‘troubleshooter’ image.

• Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is India’s longest-serving woman FM. 
• Under her leadership, India’s economy registered 7% growth for three years in a row.

• Nadda is the main man who is leading the BJP organisation. 
• He has “held his own and gained the trust of the leadership and the rank and file, without coming across as someone trying to over project himself

• He is a founder and chairman of the Adani Group Empire with a net worth of $101 billion.
• He is the only business tycoon among the top 10 powerful Indians. 
• Adani-led conglomerate has made rapid progress through a string of acquisitions and greenfield projects. 
• Adani’s closest competitor billionaire Mukesh Ambani was on the 11th rank on IE 100 powerful Indians list. 
• Ambani’s net worth is $109 billion as per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Other Names on the List

• Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director, RIL

• Piyush Goyal, Commerce Minister and Leader of the House, Rajya Sabha

• Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways, Telecom and IT

• Himanta Biswa Sarma, Assam CM

• Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal CM and TMC chief

• Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP

• Ajit Doval, National Security Advisor

• Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi CM and AAP supremo

• Shaktikanta Das, RBI governor

• Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs and Petroleum & Natural Gas

• Sanjiv Khanna, Supreme Court Judge

• Siddaramaiah, Karnataka CM

• Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Chemicals and Fertilisers

• Nitish Kumar, Bihar CM and JDU chief

• MK Stalin, Tamil Nadu CM

• Nita Ambani, Chairperson and founder, Reliance Foundation

• Shah Rukh Khan, Actor

• Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Chairperson, Tata Group

• Sonia Gandhi, Former Congress president

• Rahul Navin, Acting Director, Enforcement Directorate

• Bhupender Yadav, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

• Anurag Thakur, Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Sports and Youth Affairs

• Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Education

• Dattatreya Hosabale, General Secretary, RSS

• Jay Shah, BCCI secretary

• Mallikarjun Kharge, President, Indian National Congress

• Azim Premji, Founder, Wipro

• Virat Kohli, India batsman

• Anumula Revanth Reddy, Telangana CM

• Vinai Kumar Saxena, Delhi L-G