A pot experiment was conducted in the phytotron of Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi (India) to investigate the effects of four rhizobacterial strains viz., UKA-24 (Rhizobium radiobacter), UKA-27 (Bacillus pumillus), UKA-72 (Stenotrophomonas maltophila) and AKA-1(Pseudomonas putida) on the growth promotion of basmati rice cultivar Pusa Sugandha 4. The treatment with UKA-24 increased the plant height by 11.34%, whereas AKA-1 increased shoot dry weight and root dry weight by 12.6%and 3.48%, respectively in comparison with the control. The maximum uptake of N (75.4%) and P (59.11%) were recorded due to bacterial consortia treatment (N 0.75, P₂O₅1.5, K₂O 1.5 +UKA-24 +UKA-27 +UKA-72) than untreated control (N 0.75, P₂O₅1.5, K₂O 1.5). Significant correlation was observed among different treatments with all variables. Out of these, the shoot and root dry weights were highly correlated (0.92) to each other. Uptake of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) and were positively correlated with plant height and shoot & root dry weights. Whereas, tiller number was negatively correlated with uptake of N, P and K. Thus, the present study suggested, the rhizobacterial consortia (UKA-24, UKA-27, UKA-72 and AKA-1) were more effective bio-inoculants than single inoculant and could be used effectively for enhancement of growth promotion and nutrient uptake in basmati rice cultivation.