'Jagat', registered in 1982 was formally launched in November 1992 when the group took over a mill in Delhi under the stewardship of its Founder Mr. Satish Pawa and Director Mr. Sant Lal Aggarwal. In 1994, Ms. Sudha Pawa, a textile designer by qualification, took over the reins of Jagat Agro Commodities Pvt. Ltd. as Director  and began supervising promotions and sales of the products. The Company, on January 3, 1995 had the honour of receiving Trans World Gold Star Award for excellence in quality from the Institute of Economic Studies, presented by Honourable Deputy Chief Minister of Goa, Shri Wilfred D'Souza. 

 Jagat has successfully established its Quality Management System according to ISO 9001:2008. & HACCP.  This means that all workflow, from the beginning up to the manufacturing and test procedures, is done to the highest, precisely defined quality standard

The Company, with its network of offices in major mandies of rice-producing states has full infrastructure to procure the best quality of paddy. This paddy is then milled in two rice milling plants and 4 processing plants at Delhi and Rai (Haryana), all having modern machines and  equipments based on foreign technology,  to produce the finest Jagat Basmati Rice with supreme flavour and fragrance.

In a short span of twenty years, this Delhi based company has carved a place for itself today being among the top 5 Brands in the domestic market, Jagat Basmati Rice has become a name synonymous with quality.

With its network of over 200 distributors and three lakh retailers, Jagat Basmati Rice has launched its products in various parts of India. The Company having achieved the highest turnover of Rs 620 Cr  is on its path of achieving its target turnover  of Rs.800 crores ($ 145 million) for the year ending 2013. After being consistently rated as one of the major basmati rice manufacturers in India, Jagat is also now in the exports market. The Total Group Turnover in Rice alone is over Rs 1200 Crores ( $ 224 Million ) $= Rs 55/-