JAMMU, Jan. 30 -- Asserting that unemployment cannot be addressed through government jobs alone, chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said Jammu and Kashmir is expecting a substantial industrial package in the Union Budget to boost industrial growth in the union territory.

Fielding media queries during his visit to Bari-Brahmana near here, Abdullah said, "We hope to get a good package for J&K in the Union budget. After the 1990s, it is for the first time that we don't have a central industrial incentive for industrial development. So, we are trying to get a good industrial package from the Centre."

On sick industrial units, he said, "We will try to revive sick and closed industries and those which can't be revived, will be helped wi...