CHANDIGARH: With paddy sown across around 30 lakh hectares in Punjab this year, the state is expected to generate about 18.81 million tonnes of paddy straw. The. The state recorded a 53 per cent decline in stubble-burning incidents during the 2025 Kharif season, with 5,114 cases reported. Building on the decline, the Punjab government has decided to launch a multi-level information and awareness campaign to further curb paddy straw burning.