Lalchand Kataria

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Lalchand Kataria

| image =File:Lal Chand Kataria taking office in October 2012 (cropped).jpg

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|06|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Bisanawala, Rajasthan, India

| residence =

| office = Cabinet Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry & Fisheries, Government of Rajasthan

| termstart = 24 December 2018

| termend = December 2023

| successor = Kirodi Lal Meena

| office2 = Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly

| constituency2 = Jhotwara

| termstart2 = 11 December 2018

| termend2 = December 2023

|predecessor2= Rajpal Singh Shekhawat

|successor2 = Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

| constituency3 = Amber

| termstart3 = 2003

| termend3 = 2008

|predecessor3= Shahdev Sharma

|successor3 = Ganga Sahay Sharma

| office4 = Member of parliament, Lok Sabha

| constituency4 = Jaipur Rural

| term4 = 2009–2014

| predecessor4 =Constituency established

| successor4 = Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party (2024- Present)

| otherparty = Indian National Congress (till 2024)

| spouse = Gayatri Kataria

| children = 2

| website =

| footnotes =

| date = 15 August |

| year = 2012|

| source = https://sansad.in/ls/members/biography/4401?from=amembers

}}

Lalchand Kataria (born 12 June 1968) is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, from Jaipur Rural, Rajasthan in 2009. He was the Minister of State for Defense in the Second Manmohan Singh ministry. He was later elected as a Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Amer Constituency in 2003, a position he currently holds. He has been the cabinet minister of Rajasthan from the year 2018.{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/cong-talks-tough-on-katarias-indiscipline/articleshow/65170477.cms | title=Congress talks tough on Lal Chand Kataria's 'indiscipline' | work=The Times of India | date=28 July 2018 | accessdate=23 November 2018}}{{cite book|title=Parliamentary Debates: Official Report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nMWV97a10f4C|accessdate=23 November 2018|year=2012|publisher=Council of States Secretariat|page=31}}{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Cabinet-reshuffle-Complete-list-of-Manmohan-Singhs-new-team/articleshow/16993012.cms | title=Cabinet reshuffle: Complete list of Manmohan Singh's new team | work=The Times of India | date=28 July 2018 | accessdate=23 November 2018}}