<span style="color: #222222;">Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Nitin Gadkari today said skilling people and providing jobs in rural and tribal areas should be a priority. <br />''<br />''Speaking at the culmination ceremony of Apprenticeship Pakhwada Programme in New Delhi, Mr Gadkari said it was important to build skilling capabilities for both urban and rural areas. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The minister said the MSME sector has enormous scope for growth and a great need of skilled manpower for sericulture, horticulture, tribal arts and paintings, honey, bamboo, sectors that have great potential of becoming export-strength for the country. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' The 15-day Apprenticeship Pakhwada saw state governments and the industry come together for a commitment of 7 lakh apprentices in the current fiscal. </span><br />''  <br />