The finance ministry has earmarked $200 million (around Rs 960 crore) to be spent this year in this regard in five states--Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. The ministry is also getting a $150 million assistance from the Asian Development Bank for a similar project focusing on khadi weavers called `subsistence to prosperity'. Besides supporting the livelihood in rural areas, this project would enable tourists to reach the community that acquired its skills over the centuries and avoid buying fakes. The finance ministry has started implementing an ambitious government-private partnership project in rural infrastructure that would create jobs in remote areas by tapping their tourism potential. This would also help in the market development of unique products that owe their premium to their geographical origin such as Kota doria saries from Kota in Rajasthan, Chanderi Saries from a place by the same name in Madhya Pradesh or Madhubani paintings from Mithila in Bihar.