They allege 'agents' are appointed to manage the centres Madurai The need for opening more number of Direct Purchase Centres (DPCs) across the district for purchasing paddy crop dominated the discussions held during the farmers' grievance meeting held at the Collectorate, here on Friday. Collector T. Anbalagan, Joint Director of Agriculture T. Vivekanandan, and officials from various departments participated in the meeting. A section of farmers also charged that 'agents' were appointed for managing the DPCs based on the influence of ruling party members. Members of Farmers Producers Groups must be entrusted with the responsibility of managing the DPCs, demanded the farmers.