Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday indoors at a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, where he is to find a conversation ceremony and announce a revival package for the saffron industry.
The special aircraft carrying Prime Minister, he had his wife Gursharan Kaur and other members of his delegation on the Srinagar airport, around 12:30
EU ministers Ghulam Nabi Azad and Prithviraj Chauhan, TKA Nair, principal secretary to Prime Minister Shiv Shankar Menon, the national security adviser, and Harish Khar, the media advisor to Manmohan Singh, is part of the team.
Governor N.N. Vohra received the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, his father and Union Minister Farooq Abdullah and senior ministers of the Prime Minister.
The state Congress chief Saifuddin SOZ well as civilian and military officials were present at the airport.
The Prime Minister is scheduled to take the fifth Call of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Science and Technology (SKUAST) here Monday at its convention complex on the banks of Dal Lake.
A Rs.200 crore package to revive Kashmir saffron industry is experiencing a downturn because of adulterated saffron flooding the markets, is expected to be announced by the Prime Minister.
He is also likely to renew their appeal for the separatists to resume political dialogue with central authorities. He will discuss the recommendations of five working groups with the state government.
The working groups were set up after the round table conference here in 2006 by Manmohan Singh.
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