The field trials were conducted during the kharif seasons of 2010, 2011 and 2012 at the Agricultural Research Station, Gadhinglaj District Kolhapur (Maharashtra) to test the feasibility of herbicides alone at recommended doses and with combination of hoeing and hand weeding to develop an effective and viable weed management practice for chilli. The results revealed that pre emergence application of pendimethalin + two hoeings + one hand weeding recorded minimum weed density, weed biomass and weed index as compared to all other treatments. Gross and net returns were significantly higher with pendimethalin + one hoeing + one hand weeding which was on par with butachlor + two hoeings + one hand weeding and superior over rest of the treatments. Higher weed control efficiency and BC ratio were recorded by the same treatments.