Soon after Independence, Mahatma Gandhi resorted to a fast to force the government to pay Rs 50 crore to Pakistan, but Pakistan still owes India Rs 300 crore as its share of pre-partition debt.The Economic Survey for 2006-07 tabled in the Parliament today noted that an amount of Rs 300 crore was due from Pakistan on account of its share of pre-partition debt.The Indian goverment has not added any interest to this amount, perhaps as a goodwill gesture, and the neighbouring country's debt burden would otherwise have increased manifold.The amount stood at Rs 300 crore in the 1990-91 Survey as well. It has not been written off from government accounts in the hope that Pakistan may one day consider it fit to repay the historical debt.
