UPSC Prelims 2021 · GS Paper 1 · Q28

Polity

Hard · Department of Personnel and the Administrative Reforms Commission, 1966

Consider the following statements regarding the origins of the Department of Personnel in the Union Government:

1. Its creation followed a recommendation of the Gopalaswami Ayyangar Committee.

2. It was constituted in 1970 based on the recommendations of the (first) Administrative Reforms Commission, 1966, and placed under the Prime Minister's charge.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?