State’s 33 districts out of 38 districts have been declared to be drought-hit officially. The decision was taken on September 18 at a cabinet meeting. 
Nitish Kumar, the Chief Minister met the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh on September 20 to seek a central assistance of Rs 12000 crore to deal with the situation. 
The assessment for the remaining districts is also underway. Opposition parties have been demanding that the government should declare drought in the State. They had staged a walkout during the monsoon session of the State Assembly in July, 2013.
These districts are- Patna, Bhojpur, Buxar, Kaimur, Nalanda, Gaya, Jehanabad, Aurangabad, Nawada, Munger, Sheikhpura, Lakhisarai, Jamui, Begusarai, Khagaria, Purnea, Katihar, Madhepura, Saharsa, Supaul, Bhagalpur, Saran, Siwan, Gopalganj, Muzaffarpur, Sitamarhi, Vaishali, Sheohar, East and West Champaran, Madhubani, Darbhanga and Samastipur.
Bihar received 25 per cent less rainfall at 668.6 mm as compared to the annual average rainfall of 892.2 mm between June 1 to September 11, 2013. This has resulted in adverse impact on paddy cultivation.
The State government has stayed the collection
of land rent and cess, irrigation charge, electricity bills and
cooperative loans from the farmers in affected districts for the year
2013-14.
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