Karnal, Dec. 10 -- Congress MP Varun Chaudhary on Tuesday alleged that the Haryana government has not paid unemployment allowance to Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employement Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) workers years despite rules. Quoting a reply he received from the Union ministry of rural development on unstarred questions regarding the scheme, the MP said that in 2024-25 only 2,191 households have been provided 100 days of employment in contrast to the 8,06,422 active workers under the scheme, adding that no unemployment allowance has been reported by the state government under the scheme during the last five financial years. In the reply, a copy of which HT has, minister of state Kamlesh Paswan stated that MGNREGS is a demand-driven wage employment programme and as per the mandate of the act every eligible rural household is entitled to get at least 100 days of wage employment in every financial year, if he/she is willing to do unskilled manual work. In cases where the state government fails to provide employment within the stipulated time period, unemployment allowance becomes payable under Section 7 of the Act. "With regard to Haryana, no unemployment allowance has been reported by the state government in NREGASoft (dedicated portal) as paid to workers under the scheme during the last five financial years," Paswan said in the reply....