With reference to the Union Government, consider the following statements:<br/>1. N. Gopalaswamy Iyenger Committee suggested that a minister and a secretary be designated solely for pursuing the subject of administrative reform and promoting it.<br/>2. In 1970, the Department of Personnel was constituted on the recommendation of the Administrative Reforms Commission, 1966, and this was placed under the Prime Minister's charge.<br/><br/>Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Statement 1: Incorrect. The N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar report dealt with the reorganization of the machinery of Government and did not specifically recommend that a minister and a secretary be designated solely for administrative reforms. That formulation is associated with later thinking on administrative reforms, not this committee.

Statement 2: Incorrect. Though the Department of Personnel was created in 1970 and was under the Prime Minister’s charge, saying it was constituted on the recommendation of the Administrative Reforms Commission, 1966 is not accepted as correct in this form for UPSC; the statement overstates/directly attributes its creation to that recommendation.

Therefore, both statements are incorrect.