Addressing NDA leggislators at his residence last evening, Kumar said the subsidy on diesel would help farmers irrigate their cropland during Kharif season.
Asking the MLAs o camp in their respective constituencies soon after the monsoon session of the state legislature was over, Kumar asked them keep a watch on the quantum of rainfall and transplantation of paddy seedlings.
A drought-like situation was prevailing in the state due to deficient rains, he said.
Twenty-five of the 38 districts in the state were affected by drought and Bihar is facing natural calamity for the fourth year in succession.