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Other income, net (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Other income, net |
Other income, net |
|  |  | Year ended March 31, |
|  |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |
|  |  | (in millions of RMB) |
| Royalty fee and software technology services fee charged to Ant Financial Services and Alipay (Note 22) |  |  | 277 |  |  | 1,764 |  |  | 1,667 |
| Government grants (i) |  |  | 388 |  |  | 252 |  |  | 327 |
| Amortization of the excess value in relation to the restructuring of Payment Services (Note 4(b)) |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (166 | )
| Others |  |  | 229 |  |  | 413 |  |  | 658 |
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| Total |  |  | 894 |  |  | 2,429 |  |  | 2,486 |
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(i) | Government grants mainly represent amounts received from central and local governments in connection with the Company's investments in local business districts and contributions to technology development.

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