The President of India Draupadi Murmu inaugurated Kaushal Bhawan the new building at the ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship, on 24th January, 2024 at

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Correct — option (1), New Delhi. President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated Kaushal Bhawan, the new building housing the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship along with its associated organisations — the Directorate General of Training, the National Council for Vocational Education and Training, and the National Skill Development Corporation — on 24 January 2024, in New Delhi. The building's foundation stone had been laid in March 2019, and its completion gave the Ministry and its allied bodies a single, purpose-built headquarters. During the visit, the President also toured exhibition stalls set up by beneficiaries of skilling initiatives such as PM Vishwakarma, PM JANMAN and the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY). As the seat of the Union Ministry concerned, New Delhi is the natural location for Kaushal Bhawan, and it is where the inauguration took place.

Why the other options are wrong — (b) Hyderabad hosts a number of national skilling and training institutions, but Kaushal Bhawan, as the headquarters building of the Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship itself, was inaugurated in New Delhi, the seat of the central ministries, not in Hyderabad.  (c) Bengaluru is a major hub for India's technology and skilling ecosystem, which makes it a plausible-sounding decoy, but the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship's own headquarters building, Kaushal Bhawan, was inaugurated in New Delhi.  (d) Lucknow has hosted skilling and entrepreneurship events as part of Uttar Pradesh's own initiatives, but Kaushal Bhawan itself, the Union Ministry's headquarters, was inaugurated in New Delhi, where the Ministry is based.

Concept: Kaushal Bhawan is the dedicated headquarters building of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, along with its associated organisations, in New Delhi. Its foundation stone was laid in March 2019, and President Droupadi Murmu formally inaugurated the completed building on 24 January 2024, giving the Ministry, the Directorate General of Training, the National Council for Vocational Education and Training, and the National Skill Development Corporation a shared, purpose-built home.

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