Ramvichar Netam

Ramvichar Netam (born 1 March 1961) is an Indian politician and currently serving as Minister of Agriculture and ST, SC, OBC & Minority Development in Government of Chhattisgarh. Previously, he served as a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha from Chhattisgarh and was Cabinet Minister Raman Singh's Ministry between 2003 and 2013. He represents Ramanujganj in Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly. He is also elected as Protem Speaker of 6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly.

Ramvichar Netam
Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Government of Chhattisgarh
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 December 2023
Chief Minister	Vishnu Deo Sai
Preceded by	Ravindra Choubey
Minister of ST, SC, OBC & Minority Development Government of Chhattisgarh
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 December 2023
Chief Minister	Vishnu Deo Sai
Preceded by	Mohan Markam
In office 8 December 2003 – 18 June 2005
Chief Minister	Raman Singh
Preceded by	Madhav Singh Dhruw
Succeeded by	Kedar Nath Kashyap
Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 December 2023
Preceded by	Brihaspat Singh
Constituency	Ramanujganj
In office 2008–2013
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Brihaspat Singh
Constituency	Ramanujganj
In office 2000–2008
Preceded by	himself
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Pal
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 30 June 2016 – 29 June 2022
Preceded by	Nand Kumar Sai
Succeeded by	Ranjeet Ranjan
Constituency	Chhattisgarh
Minister of Water Resources Government of Chhattisgarh
In office 18 February 2012 – 10 December 2013
Chief Minister	Raman Singh
Preceded by	Hemchand Yadav
Succeeded by	Brijmohan Agrawal
Minister of Rural Development Government of Chhattisgarh
In office 22 December 2008 – 18 February 2012
Chief Minister	Raman Singh
Preceded by	Ajay Chandrakar
Succeeded by	Hemchand Yadav
Minister of Home Affairs Government of Chhattisgarh
In office 18 June 2005 – 8 December 2008
Chief Minister	Raman Singh
Preceded by	Brijmohan Agrawal
Succeeded by	Nanki Ram Kanwar
Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 1990–2000
Preceded by	Deosai
Succeeded by	himself
Constituency	Pal
Personal details
Born	(1961-03-01) 1 March 1961 Sanawal, Chhattisgarh, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Pushpa Netam ​ (m. 1987)​
Children	2 daughters
Parents	Ramlochan Netam (father) Jeerhuliya Netam (mother)
Education	SSC

Political career

Netam was first elected to Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1990 from Pal Constituency and was re-elected 1993 & 1998. After the creation of Chhattisgarh out of Madhya Pradesh, he was elected to Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly in 2003 from same seat and became Cabinet Minister for Minister of ST, SC, OBC & Minority Development. In 2005 Cabinet reshuffle, he became Minister of Home and Jail. In 2008, Pal Constituency got abolished in delimitation and Netam contested from Newly created Ramanujganj and defeated Congress candidate Brihaspat Singh by margin of 4579 votes and became Cabinet Minister for Rural Development in second Raman Singh's Ministry. However, he lost 2018 Assembly election to Congress candidate Brihaspat Singh by margin of 11,592 votes. In 2015, Amit Shah appointed him as National Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party, and in 2016 he was appointed as Co-incharge of Jharkhand state BJP With Trivendra Singh Rawat.

On 29 May 2016, he was nominated as the BJP candidate from Chhattisgarh for the Rajya Sabha elections on 11 June.