Karnataka generated 1.46 crore days of employment in December 2018 after having maintained a consistent rise since June 2018.
The Centre has pending wage and materials bills of Rs 12,714 crore from all states, he said.
This year, Karnataka has Rs 1,146 crore (Rs 524 crore wages and Rs 622 crore material cost) payments pending.
“We’ve been telling the Centre to take this money and clear our bills.
Why are they making this complicated?
Our bills are already with them and we’re giving them the money, too,” Gowda said.
“This will not be enough to clear the outstanding bills and the Centre will have no money to run the scheme for the next two months of this financial year,” RDPR principal secretary L K Atheeq said.
In 2016, too, Karnataka paid Rs 2,175 crore from its own pocket when the Centre defaulted on payments for six months.
“We’re yet to get back Rs 913 crore,” Gowda said.
“So, the Centre still owes Karnataka Rs 2,059 crore, of which only Rs 117 crore has been released.

Bengaluru: The expectation of moderately good rain after a decent southwest monsoon had encouraged farmers to sow more rabi crops in Karnataka, but with at least 20 more talukas likely to be included in the list of drought-hit areas, the farmers maybe heading for uncertain times.
Almost 50% deficient rainfall during the northeast monsoon has affected 120 out of the 176 talukas, or administrative units in Karnataka.
Government officials said that though the southwest monsoon was classified as normal, the spread was poor, leaving several districts under water, while most others recorded poor rainfall.
Almost 70% of the state’s agriculture depends on monsoon rain, with little irrigation infrastructure.
Gangaram Baderiya, principal secretary of the state’s revenue department, which assesses drought impact, said that the total drought-affected talukas will be finalized by the end of December.
The kharif season in Karnataka depends on the southwest monsoon, while the rabi season depends on the northeast monsoon.
According to data by Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre, till 9 December, 86 of the 176 talukas received deficient rainfall during the southwest monsoon, or kharif season, while 162 talukas received deficient rain in the northeast cycle, or rabi season.
What adds to the farmers’ woes is that the much-hyped ₹49,000 crore farm loan waiver announced by the H.D.
Kumaraswamy-led coalition government in July, is yet to be implemented fully.
The development in Karnataka comes at a time when opposition parties are mobilizing protests across the country to corner the Bharatiya Janata Party-led centre on farmers’ woes in the run-up to the 2019 general elections.

Though the supply was assured, the factories have failed to keep their promise.
Though the supply was assured, the factories have failed to keep their promise.
Though the supply was assured, the factories have failed to keep their promise.
Though the supply was assured, the factories have failed to keep their promise.
Though the supply was assured, the factories have failed to keep their promise.
Though the supply was assured, the factories have failed to keep their promise.
Though the supply was assured, the factories have failed to keep their promise.
Though the supply was assured, the factories have failed to keep their promise.
Though the supply was assured, the factories have failed to keep their promise.
Though the supply was assured, the factories have failed to keep their promise.

For the first time in 34 years, the Kabini reservoir has fetched 176.28 tmc ft of water for Tamil Nadu | EPS MYSURU: For the first time in 34 years, the Kabini reservoir has fetched 176.28 tmc ft of water for Tamil Nadu.
Karnataka has so far released 330 tmc ft to the neighbouring state, including 176 tmc ft from Kabini and 163 tmc ft from the Krishnaraja Sagar reservoir, marking an increase of about three times the quantity given over the last few years.
Last year, the state released less than 140 tmc ft to Tamil Nadu from both the reservoirs combined.
The discharge used to be over 200 tmc ft in the early 1980s from Kabini, according to sources.
On the other hand, the discharge from KRS during this year was 1.31 lakh cusecs for more than a week due to heavy downpour in Kodagu district.
Tamil Nadu, which is entitled to 404.25 tmc of Cauvery water, including the underground water table, has so far received 330 tmc of water from Karnataka.
No water scarcity There will no water scarcity in Bengaluru, Mysuru and other towns, sources in the irrigation department said.
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Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Tuesday submitted a memorandum to the Centre seeking R 2,434 crore under the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) for drought relief measures.
During severe drought and devastating floods between July and August, the state registered a loss worth R 16,662.48 crore.
"Karnataka has faced severe drought and devastating floods during Kharif 2018.
On one hand, the parts of Malnad and coastal districts were affected by floods associated with landslides/mudflows during July-August and on the other hand, the majority of the districts in interior Karnataka are reeling under severe drought."
"After evaluating the drought indicating parameters, prescribed by the Government of India in the Drought Management Manual-2016, the State Government has notified 100 taluks of 24 districts in the state as drought affected," a government statement read.
To ameliorate the economic condition of the farming community, especially small and marginal farmers, the state government has implemented "Crop Loan Waiver Scheme 2018.
"It is likely to bring relief to a large number of farmers.
The financial implications of the loan waiver is estimated to be more than R 48, 000 crore and is the biggest ever for any state in the country," the memorandum read.
Not only that, the Karnataka government also claimed that they have passed Karnataka Debt Relief Bill 2018 in an attempt to free small and marginal farmers and weaker sections from the agrarian and debt crisis due to borrowing money from informal sources at an exorbitant rate of interest.
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During severe drought and devastating floods between July and August, the state registered a loss amounting to Rs 16,662.48 crore.
In its memorandum, the state government stated, “Karnataka has faced severe drought and devastating floods during Kharif 2018.
The field survey and ground truthing have reported 27.32 lakh ha (41 per cent of sown area) is drought affected.
The estimated loss due to agriculture and horticulture crop loss is Rs.16, 662.48 crore,” the statement read.
The Karnataka government also touched upon the issue of water levels in reservoirs, saying that this year the levels are better than the previous years.
Drinking water is being supplied through tankers to 159 villages, and 203 private bore-wells have been hired for drinking water purpose in rural areas.
If the dry spell continues, Goshalas and Fodder banks will be operated,” the document read.
1042.93 crores,” it said.
To ameliorate the economic condition of the farming community, especially small and marginal farmers, the state government has implemented “Crop Loan Waiver Scheme 2018.
50 crore @Rs.50 lakh per drought-affected taluk from State Fund to take up immediate drought relief work.

A campaign started by the women of Beechaganahalli village in Karnataka, India, has transformed lives.
Their efforts resulted in the building of a treatment plant to remove arsenic and fluoride from local groundwater – and now local people have clean water to drink.
KARNATAKA, India – Until a year ago, the water in Beechaganahalli village in Karnataka, India, was poisoning everyone who lived there.
It was naturally full of arsenic and fluoride.
However, the women in the village campaigned to change things, first by holding demonstrations and then by visiting every house and school to raise awareness.
Eventually, along with the village council, they persuaded a public health organization, Swasti, to help.
Swasti built a water filtration plant that provides clean water.
Although the water’s not free, it is much cheaper than the mineral water the women had been buying before.
And under the terms of the deal agreed for Swasti to build the plant, the women help run and maintain it.
The women of the village now travel to other villages to warn of the dangers of fluoride and arsenic in the groundwater and to ensure everyone can have access to clean drinking water.

The state departments concerned will conduct a joint survey of the drought-hit districts and submit a report to the Centre for grants from the NDRF.
Of the 30 districts across Karnataka, 23 districts have been declared drought-hit due to deficit rainfall in the monsoon season, an official said on Wednesday.
"Though the monsoon (June-September) was near normal in coastal, south interior and Malnad regions with record rainfall causing floods in seven districts, deficit-rains forced the state government to declare 23 districts drought-hit," an official told IANS in Bengaluru after a review meeting.
According to the Indian Metrological Department (IMD) data, the cumulative seasonal rainfall across the southern state was minus 2 per cent from June 1 to September 12, with coastal areas recording 3 per cent above normal, and south interior region 7 per cent above normal, while north interior area posted 26 per cent deficit.
"A cabinet sub-committee on disaster management had identified 86 taluks (sub-districts) in the state’s erstwhile Bombay province in northwest and the Hyderabad-Karnataka region in the northern region due to dry weather," said the official, citing a report its chairman and State Revenue Minister RV Deshpande submitted to the Chief Minister’s office on Tuesday.
As per the revised guidelines, a taluk can be declared drought-hit with a 60 per cent rain deficit or a dry spell of three weeks with 33 per cent crop loss.
"Preliminary estimates reveal the kharif crop loss in the absence of timely rains is about Rs 8,000 crore, as sowing was done in 63 lakh hectares of farm lands out of 75 lakh hectares across the state," said the official.
The state departments concerned, including agriculture, horticulture and sericulture will conduct a joint survey of the drought-hit districts and submit a report to the central government for grants from the National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF).
"Two central teams are touring seven flood-hit districts, including Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Kodagu and Chikkamagaluru for spot assessment of the damage to life and property caused by heavy rains," added the official.
The state government will also request the central government to rush another team to assess the damage caused by drought in the 23 districts.

The list prepared NITI Aayog also warns that over 21 cities, including Delhi, Hyderabad and Bengaluru will lose groundwater by 2021.
Crisis, crisis, crisis!
The looming water shortage strikes fear in the heart of every urban dweller and a recent report by the NITI Aayog only underlines those worries.
According to the report, India is suffering from its worst ever water crisis.
Experts, who all decry the option of inter-linking rivers, say there is no reason yet to panic and that the water shortage can be mitigated with practices like rain-water harvesting and groundwater recharge.
The report notes that more than two -thirds of rural Karnataka does not have access to drinking water and despite the state being properly rain-fed, it continues to suffer from drought.
The report estimates that by 2030, the water demand will double the supply , leading to severe water scarcity and eventually to around a 6 per cent loss in the country’s GDP.
The list prepared by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s think tank too warns that over 21 cities, including Delhi, Hyderabad and Bengaluru will lose groundwater by 2021.
Having made its alarming forecast, NITI Aayog has developed a Composite Water Management Index (CWMI) for effective water management in Indian states in the face of the growing crisis.
But it suggests the state needs to improve its groundwater rejuvenation as only six per cent of the critical and over exploited wells have risen in level.

The MET department has already predicted a severe summer and the water stored in 91 reservoirs around the country is only at 34% of the total live storage, a 7% drop when compared to levels last year Most Indian states are staring at a water crisis this summer.
With the heat setting in earlier than expected, reports of water scarcity have started coming in from across North, Central and parts of south India.
Last year, the live storage available in these reservoirs for the corresponding period was 61.208 BCM.
Most river basins have witnessed a reduction in water, mostly due to deficient winter rainfall.
In January and February, 22 states, including Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Jharkhand, faced largely deficient rainfall, while 10 states, including Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, parts of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa, got deficient rainfall.
The only basins which show a marginal increase from last year are Krishna and Cauvery river basins and west-flowing rivers of the south “North India consisting of seven subdivisions (East and UP, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir) receives about 17% of its annual rainfall during the winter season (January to March).
The water storage in the two biggest reservoirs shared by these states—Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar—were at 19 and 8% respectively, which is less than the average storage on this day over the last ten years of 30% and 19% respectively.
The current live storage capacity of these figures also compare poorly with average live storage across the country of 34% this year, 37% last year and 38% average of last ten years,” elaborated Himanshu Thakkar of South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers & People.
With temperatures hitting an all-time high, parched conditions are expected.
The northeast monsoon, which helps to increase the storage level in reservoirs in the state, had left seven districts with deficient rainfall last year.