(2) Employment Guarantee scheme was first started in Maharashtra in 1972. The main objective of the scheme is to provide guaranteeing employment to all adult persons who volunteer to do unskilled manual work in rural areas, which would bring in to being durable assets for the benefit of the community and the economy. The various works taken under the scheme in the Washim district areI. Water conservation 1. Village Tanks 2. Percolation Tanks 3. Mati Nalla Bunds 4. Continuous Contour Trenches [C.C.T.] 5. Graded Bunding 6. Farm Tanks 7. Nalla Tanks 8. Canal Repairs
II. Roads 1. Village Roads 2. Approach Roads 3. Farm Roads 4. Widening of Roads
III. Drinking Water Wells IV. Afforestation / Plantation