<p>Prabhat Jha of the BJP will head the Ethics Committee of Rajya Sabha with Chairman of the Upper House Venkaiah Naidu reconstituting eight House panels, it was announced on Thursday.</p>.<p>Jha replaces his party colleague Narayan Lal Panchariya. The Ethics Committee looks into conduct-related complaints against the members of the Upper House.</p>.<p>Prasanna Acharya of the Biju Janata Dal was named as Chairman of the Committee on Petitions in place of Jha.</p>.<p>Several other committees were also reconstituted.</p>.<p>T Subbarami Reddy of the Congress was named the chairman of the Committee on Subordinate Legislation, A Navaneethakrishnan of the AIADMK the chairman of the Committee on Government Assurances, Om Prakash Mathur of the BJP as chairman of the House Committee that allots accommodation for members.</p>.<p>As per the rules of the House, the Rajya Sabha chairman heads the Business Advisory Committee and the Committee on Rules. By convention, the deputy chairman heads the Committee on Privileges.</p>.<p>The new members of the Business Advisory Committee of Rajya Sabha are B K Hariprasad of the Congress, Narayan Lal Panchariya and Vinay P Sahasrabuddhe of the BJP and K Keshava Rao of the TRS. Leader of the House and Leader of the Opposition are special invitees to the Committee, a statement from the chairman's office said.</p>.<p>The new members of the Committee on Rules include Satyanarayan Jatiya, Swapan Das Gupta and Y S Chowdary of the BJP, PL Punia of the Congress, Naresh Gujral of the Akali Dal, and Subhash Chandra and Amar Singh, both Independents.</p>.<p>These Standing House Committees are concerned with the examination of various issues concerning the domain that is reflected in their names and their tenure is till next reconstitution.</p>.<p>Eight department-related Standing Committees under the control of Rajya Sabha that were reconstituted by Naidu in September undertake a detailed examination of the legislative proposals, demands for grants and other select subjects, the statement said. </p>.<p>The tenure of a department-related Standing Committees is one year.</p>
<p>Prabhat Jha of the BJP will head the Ethics Committee of Rajya Sabha with Chairman of the Upper House Venkaiah Naidu reconstituting eight House panels, it was announced on Thursday.</p>.<p>Jha replaces his party colleague Narayan Lal Panchariya. The Ethics Committee looks into conduct-related complaints against the members of the Upper House.</p>.<p>Prasanna Acharya of the Biju Janata Dal was named as Chairman of the Committee on Petitions in place of Jha.</p>.<p>Several other committees were also reconstituted.</p>.<p>T Subbarami Reddy of the Congress was named the chairman of the Committee on Subordinate Legislation, A Navaneethakrishnan of the AIADMK the chairman of the Committee on Government Assurances, Om Prakash Mathur of the BJP as chairman of the House Committee that allots accommodation for members.</p>.<p>As per the rules of the House, the Rajya Sabha chairman heads the Business Advisory Committee and the Committee on Rules. By convention, the deputy chairman heads the Committee on Privileges.</p>.<p>The new members of the Business Advisory Committee of Rajya Sabha are B K Hariprasad of the Congress, Narayan Lal Panchariya and Vinay P Sahasrabuddhe of the BJP and K Keshava Rao of the TRS. Leader of the House and Leader of the Opposition are special invitees to the Committee, a statement from the chairman's office said.</p>.<p>The new members of the Committee on Rules include Satyanarayan Jatiya, Swapan Das Gupta and Y S Chowdary of the BJP, PL Punia of the Congress, Naresh Gujral of the Akali Dal, and Subhash Chandra and Amar Singh, both Independents.</p>.<p>These Standing House Committees are concerned with the examination of various issues concerning the domain that is reflected in their names and their tenure is till next reconstitution.</p>.<p>Eight department-related Standing Committees under the control of Rajya Sabha that were reconstituted by Naidu in September undertake a detailed examination of the legislative proposals, demands for grants and other select subjects, the statement said. </p>.<p>The tenure of a department-related Standing Committees is one year.</p>