A field experiment was conducted during wet season 1998 at Agricultural College Farm, Bapatla on a clay loam soil to find out a better zinc practices for transplanted rice using the test variety MTU2067. The results revealed that soil application of 50 kg ZnSO₄ ha^-1 followed by foliar spray of Zn-EDTA (equivalent to 0.2% ZnSO₄) and seedling root dip with ZnO (equivalent to 10 kg ZnSO₄ ha^-1) significantly increased the growth characters, yield attributes, grain and straw yield. Soil application of ZnSO₄@ 50 kg ha^-1 recorded 25 per cent increase in grain yield over control. Though highest Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) 1.30 was recorded by seedling root dip with ZnO (equivalent to 10 kg ZnSO₄ ha^-1), soil application of 50 kg ZnSO₄ ha^-1 was found o be the best which recorded the highest net monetary returns (Rs.12,340 ha^-1) with BCR of 1.25.