Admitting that differences persisted between the UPA and its left allies on the India-United States civil nuclear deal, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar [Images] on Thursday said that the Manmohan Singh [Images] government would not fall.

"Problems do exist between the UPA and Marxists on some provisions of the nuclear deal. They [Left] have voiced some concerns, which we, as the ruling coalition, are obliged to address, but the government will not fall over the issue," he told a press conference.

Pawar said the UPA-Left committee constituted to iron out the differences had already held four rounds of "good discussions and we hope both sides would amicably and with full responsibility settle the issue in our future meetings".

Asked why then UPA leaders, including Congress president Sonia Gandhi [Images] and LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan were asking their workers to gear up for a mid-term elections when he did not foresee it, the NCP chief said "being in politics we should always be prepared for elections. Moreover, chances of snap polls are more when a coalition government is in power. But I don't see that happening now."

Referring to the suicide by farmers in several states, including the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, Pawar said the government had launched a Rs 16,000 crore programme to improve the financial condition of farmers to tackle the situation.

"Though incidence of suicide has come down as compared to three years ago, but as long as a single farmer takes his life for non-repayment of debt there is the need for government's intervention," he said.