A field experiment conducted in rice fallow to identify suitable winter pulses under residual soil fertility with different crop establishment techniques. The experiment was conducted in a split plot design with two nutrient management in kharif rice (organic (FYM equivalent to the recommended dose of nitrogen of 80 kg/ha) and integrated nutrient management (50% organic and 50% chemical fertilizer)) with a combination of three crop establishment techniques in winter pulses (utera, flat bed line sowing, and raised bed sowing), and four winter pulses (lathyrus, chickpea, lentil and field pea) in sub plot with three replications. Results showed that lathyrus, field pea and lentil could be the potential winter pulses to utilise residual nutrients in low land rice fallow Meghalaya. Raised bed and utera sowing are suitable crop establishment techniques in Meghalaya's high rainfall region. Productivity of all the winter pulses was higher in raised beds, which was primarily attributed to higher dry matter, branch/plant, and yield attributes such as grain weight/plant, which ultimately led to higher grains as well as straw yield. Hence, lathyrus, field pea and lentil could be included in rice fallows, ideally with raised beds and utera for higher yield in Meghalaya.