Economic Stagnation and Widespread Poverty, Along With the Prevalence of ‘Semi-Feudal' Production Relations, Resulted In a Large Out-Migration of Agricultural Laborers and Impoverished Peasants, Mostly from North Bihar, on the One Side. the Rural Livelihood Promotion Society In the Development of Socio-Economic Over the Past 30 Years, the Rural Bihar Labour Market Has Altered Dramatically. It Has Progressed from a Sluggish, Semi-Feudal Setting In Which Much Labour Was Subjected to Varying Degrees of Bondage to a More Open, Market-Driven Society.