In which one of the following cities country's first Indian Institute of Skills was established ?

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Correct — D, Kanpur. Per the official UPPSC key, the country's first Indian Institute of Skills (IIS) is at Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The IIS are premier vocational-training institutes set up under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship on a not-for-profit public-private-partnership model; the construction of the country's first IIS was taken up at Kanpur, while other IIS were approved for Mumbai and Ahmedabad (the Tata-led Tata IIS).

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Ahmedabad is a genuine IIS location, but under the Tata-led PPP (Tata IIS Ahmedabad). Per the key, the country's first IIS is Kanpur, not Ahmedabad.  (b) Mumbai is also an approved IIS site (Tata IIS Mumbai) with its own foundation stone — but the key designates Kanpur, not Mumbai, as the country's first.  (c) Rohtak is not an Indian Institute of Skills location; it is best known for IIM Rohtak — a management institute, a different institution type.

Concept: The Indian Institutes of Skills (IIS) are part of the Skill India mission — world-class institutes offering industry-aligned vocational and technical training, established under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) on a public-private-partnership basis (initially benchmarked to Singapore's ITEES model). Three locations were approved — Kanpur, Mumbai and Ahmedabad — with the Mumbai and Ahmedabad institutes led by the Tata group (Tata IIS).

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