Singh, who is in restive Kashmir for the second time in a month as part of Centre's outreach, also said it was willing to talk to anyone on the problems faced in Jammu and Kashmir within the ambit of 'Insaniyat, Jamhooriyat and Kashmiriyat' (Kashmir's pluralist ethos, humanity and democracy).
With Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti by his side, Singh told reporters on the second and final day of his visit to Kashmir that an all party delegation from Delhi will be going to the Valley and that a nodal officer is to be appointed in the Union Home Ministry to address any concerns of Kashmiris who are living in other parts of the country.
"If future of Kashmir is not safe, India's future cannot be safe as well," he said.
On the contentious use of pellet guns as crowd control mechanism, the Home Minister said the report of the expert committee on this is expected within three to four days. Besides injuries, hundreds of people have been also left blinded in pellet firing.
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"In the coming few days, we will give an alternative to the pellet guns. These guns were earlier considered non-lethal but some incidents have taken place ... We formed an expert committee a month back which was expected to give report in two months but it will be coming very soon," he said.
Singh said people of India were pained when anyone -- be it local youth or security jawans -- get killed.
"Cannot we take Kashmir out of this situation? I appeal to everyone in Kashmir not to play with the future (generation) of the Valley," he said.
"In 2010, it was said pellet gun is a non lethal weapon
which can cause least damage but now we feel that there should be some alternate to this," Singh said.
"I have told (Chief Minister) Mehbooba Mufti about it and asked her to make arrangements so that the delegation can meet the people here."
The Home Minister said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was concerned about the situation in Kashmir and had expressed his pain recently.
"He is constantly in touch with me over the situation in Kashmir".
Singh said the youth of Kashmir should have books and pens in their hands, instead of stones. "Who is forcing them to take stones in their hands? Will they guarantee their future?"
Singh said it was the duty of citizens of the country to protect and respect the people of Kashmir who might be studying or working in other parts of the country. "Kashmiris have to be treated as our family members."
He said there was a need to identify the trouble mongers and also counselling the "misguided youth" against taking to violence.
He said the Centre wanted to see the killings in Kashmir come to an end and sought cooperation from people from all walks in this regard.
Asked if the Centre was treating Kashmir as a social problem instead of a political issue, Singh said "do not question our understanding of the situation. We understand it in right perspective and are trying to find a solution."
In response to another question, the Home Minister said there was no need for creating unnecessary controversy about deployment of the BSF in place of CRPF in the city.
"(These) forces have been deployed in the past as well. We should not look for any indications in it," he added. Singh was responding to a question whether the BSF had been brought in to "discipline" the CRPF which was accused of harassing people.
"We are committed to the Agenda of Alliance. We want to develop Kashmir. The Chief Minister has announced recruitment of 10,000 SPOs.
"We will be recruiting one battalion of central armed paramilitary force," he added.