The Bihar government has officially declared 11 districts as drought-hit. Meanwhile, several other districts have been hit by the floods this month in October. Agricultural scientists warn that the changing monsoon rainfall patterns were a direct threat to the livelihoods of millions of farmers in the state, and there is a need to adopt alternative farming practices.

The state government had launched a scheme in 2017, under which farmers were supposed to receive the difference in the market price and the minimum support price. However, they are unhappy over the delay in payments