New Delhi: The Union government on Thursday declared a seven-day mourning in honour of former prime minister Manmohan Singh, officials said here.

They said the Cabinet will meet at 11 am on Friday to pay tributes to him.
Singh's last rites will be conducted with full state honours, the officials told PTI.

Manmohan Singh, the architect of India's economic reforms, died here on Thursday night at the age of 92. Singh's death was announced by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, where he was admitted in the Emergency ward around 8.30 PM in a critical condition.

An AIIMS bulletin said "he(Singh) was treated for age related medical conditions and had sudden loss of consciousness at home" on December 26.

The Congress leader was the prime minister of India during 2004-14. Singh is the only PM who held prime minister's office without winning a popular vote. He ended his 33-year-long parliamentary innings in the Rajya Sabha on April 3. 

Singh had been in poor health for the last few months. He is survived by his wife Gursharan Kaur, a history professor, and three daughters.

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