Field experiments were conducted during the rainy seasons of 2011 and 2012 in Odisha, India to evaluate the efficiency of different tillage practices at beausaning on weed flora and yield of direct-seeded rice (Oryza sativa L.). Two passes of ploughing at 5 cm depth and 15 cm spacing with country plough at ‘beausaning’ showed the highest yield of grain (4.06 t/ha) and straw (4.66 t/ha), which was associated with higher weed control efficiency, effective tillers/hill, panicle length, number of filled grains/panicle, 1000-grain weight and with lower number of non-bearing tillers/hill and sterile spikelet/panicle. The lowest value of all parameters was found in 1  and 2 passes with tractor.  Two passes by power tiller was as good as 2 passes by country plough in controlling weeds and achieving higher yield. Though 1 and 2 passes with country plough and power-tiller showed statistically identical result, but the B:C ratio (2.25) was more in later treatment than the former (2.10).