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Restricted cash and escrow receivables (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Restricted Cash and Escrow Receivables |
Schedule of restricted cash and escrow receivables |
|  |  | As at March 31, |
|  |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |
|  |  | (in millions of RMB) |
| Deposits in debt service reserve account (i) |  |  | 209 |  |  | — |
| Money received or receivable on escrow services in connection with the provision of online and mobile commerce related services (ii) |  |  | 2,659 |  |  | — |
| Cash pledged for a bank in connection with its loan facilities for option exercise in favor of employees of the Company and its related companies |  |  | 1,353 |  |  | 997 |
| Cash pledged for treasury management activities |  |  | 505 |  |  | 1,013 |
| Others |  |  | 195 |  |  | 287 |
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|  |  |  | 4,921 |  |  | 2,297 |
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(i) | The amount represents deposits in a reserve account pledged in favor of the lenders in connection with certain loan facilities (Note 20).
(ii) | The amount represents customer funds held by external payment networks outside the PRC in relation to the online transaction services with a corresponding liability recorded under escrow money payable. Such balance together with the escrow money payable was disposed of follow the completion of the restructuring of Payment Services during the year ended March 31, 2015 (Note 4(b)).

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the cash and cash items which are restricted as to withdrawal or usage. The provisions of any restrictions are described in a note to the financial statements. Restrictions may include legally restricted deposits held as compensating balances against short-term borrowing arrangements, contracts entered into with others, or entity statements of intention with regard to particular deposits; however, time deposits and short-term certificates of deposit are not generally included in legally restricted deposits. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Cash Equivalents -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6507016 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 1 -Article 5 + Details
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