The government will hold a meeting of State Food Ministers in New Delhi on Saturday to enable coordinated action on containing prices of essential food items. Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan will chair the day-long meeting. According to an official release, the meeting will discuss measures required to check unreasonable increase in prices of food items, especially pulses, edible oils and sugar.<br/><br/>Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh and Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman will also address the meeting. Senior officials of various Central Ministries and Departments, including Consumer Affairs, Food, Agriculture, Commerce and Health and Family Welfare, Industry and Commerce will participate in the discussion.<br/><br/>The meeting will also review the implementation of the National Food Security Act, ensuring online allocation to all fair price shops, coverage of more ration shops with bio-metric devices and strengthening redressal system.