| Ram Sewak Paikra | |
| Residence: | Chhattisgarh, Pratappur |
| Office: | Minister of Home Affairs Government of Chhattisgarh |
| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata: | Raman Singh |
| Successor: | Tamradhwaj Sahu |
| Predecessor: | Nanki Ram Kanwar |
| Term Start: | 18 December 2013 |
| Term End: | 11 December 2018 |
| Office1: | President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Chhattisgarh |
| Term Start1: | 11 May 2010 |
| Term End1: | 21 January 2014 |
| Predecessor1: | Vishnudeo Sai |
| Successor1: | Dharamlal Kaushik |
| Office2: | Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start2: | 2013 |
| Term End2: | 2018 |
| Predecessor2: | Prem Sai Singh Tekam |
| Successor2: | Prem Sai Singh Tekam |
| Constituency2: | Pratappur |
| Term Start3: | 2003 |
| Term End3: | 2008 |
| Predecessor3: | Prem Sai Singh Tekam |
| Successor3: | Prem Sai Singh Tekam |
| Constituency3: | Pilkha |
| Birth Date: | 7 February 1962 |
| Birth Place: | Chendra, Surajpur district, Madhya Pradesh, India (now in Chhattisgarh, India) |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Otherparty: | Bharatiya Jana Sangh (Before 1977) |
| Spouse: | Shashikala Paikra |
| Children: | 2 Sons & 3 Daughters |
Ram Sewak Paikra (born 7 February 1962) is an Indian politician and former Home Minister of Chhattisgarh. He is a senior BJP leader. He was the Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly from Pratappur constituency of Chhattisgarh
Paikra was first elected to Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly in 2003 by defeating senior Congress leader Premsai Singh. Before this he unsuccessfully contested Madhya Pradesh Assembly election two times 1993 and 1998. He contested 2008 Chhattisgarh Assembly election but lost by margin of 2,373 votes but in 2013 Assembly election, he won by margin of 8,143 votes and became Home minister in Raman Singh's cabinet.[1]
In 2014, amid growing concern about rapes of women and girls in India, Paikra said, "Such incidents [rapes] do not happen deliberately. These kind of incidents happen accidentally."[2]
In 2018 Assembly election, he was defeated by Premsai Singh Tekam of the INC.[3]