In Jammu and Kashmir, Principal Secretary of Agriculture Production and Farmers Welfare Department Navin Kumar Choudhary convened a meeting at Civil Secretariat Jammu. <br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports that the UT Administration has established 18 Procurement Centres in the current Kharif marketing season to facilitate the procurement of paddy at the minimum support price in the districts of Jammu, Kathua and Samba respectively.<br />'' <br />''While assuring full support to Food Corporation of India, Mr Choudhary said that timely operationalization of Procurement Centres will ensure that the farmers are not compelled to sell their produce below the minimum support price fixed during current season and laid emphasis upon the FCI officials that after procurement of paddy from the farmers the payment be released immediately preferably within 72 hours through Direct Bank Transfer (DBT) mode. <br />