A field experiment was conducted during the kharif seasons of 2019 and 2020 at the Crop Research Centre, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology (SVPUAT), Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, to evaluate the effect of crop establishment and weed management on weed suppression and productivity of Basmati rice (Oryza sativa L.). The experiment was laid out in a split-plot design with three establishment methods-conventional puddled transplanting (CPT), unpuddled flat planting (UPF) and