Communication and development are two sides of same coin. The more informed a person is, the more actively he or she will participate in developmental activities. Therefore, the present study was undertaken where an attempt was made to analys is the information input pattern of rural women pertaining to developmental programmes.The study was conducted in two randomly selected villages from two districts of Haryana state on a sample of 300 rural women hailing 100 each from low, medium and high socio-economic status (SES) categories. It was found that irrespective of SES categories, family elders, anganwadi workers, local leaders and radio were reported to be most frequently used sources of information for acquiring information regarding developmental programmes. Elderly family members were the most preferred non-institutional sources of information irrespective of SES categories. Among institutional sources, local leaders and sarpanches were the more preferred sources of information for respondents hailing from low SES categories than medium or high categories as anganwadi worker was the preferred source of information for them. Interpersonal sources of information like radio, television, demonstration etc. were utilized to maximum extent by high SES group followed by medium and low SES category respondents. Lack of effective communication and timely information followed by family responsibility and discouragement by family member particularly by male members were reported to be the major constraints in availing the benefits of developmental programmes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]