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Segment information (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Schedule of each segment's revenue, income from operations and adjusted EBITA | The following tables present the summary of each segment’s revenue, income from operations and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes and amortization (“Adjusted EBITA”) which is considered as a segment operating performance measure, for the six months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020:
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​ | ​ | Six months ended September 30, 2019
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Digital media | ​ | Innovation | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | Core | ​ | Cloud | ​ | and | ​ | initiatives and | ​ | Total | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ |  | commerce |  | computing |  | entertainment (i) |  | others (i) |  | segments |  | Unallocated (ii) |  | Consolidated
​ | ​ | (in millions of RMB, except percentages)
Revenue | ​ | 200,764 | ​ | 17,078 | ​ | 13,868 | ​ | 2,231 | ​ | 233,941 | ​ | — | ​ | 233,941
Income (Loss) from operations |  | 67,118 |  | (3,437) |  | (6,817) |  | (5,742) |  | 51,122 | ​ | (6,383) |  | 44,739
Add: share-based compensation expense |  | 7,211 |  | 2,547 |  | 1,446 |  | 2,091 |  | 13,295 | ​ | 1,965 |  | 15,260
Add: amortization of intangible assets |  | 5,270 |  | 11 |  | 660 |  | 40 |  | 5,981 | ​ | 91 |  | 6,072
Add: impairment of goodwill | ​ | — | ​ | — | ​ | — | ​ | — | ​ | — | ​ | 576 | ​ | 576
Adjusted EBITA (iii) |  | 79,599 |  | (879) |  | (4,711) |  | (3,611) |  | 70,398 | ​ | (3,751) | ​ | ​
Adjusted EBITA margin (iv) |  | 40% | ​ | (5)% | ​ | (34)% | ​ | (162)% | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
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​ | ​ | Six months ended September 30, 2020
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Digital media | ​ | Innovation | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | Core | ​ | Cloud | ​ | and | ​ | initiatives and | ​ | Total | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ |  | commerce |  | computing |  | entertainment (i) |  | others (i) |  | segments |  | Unallocated (ii) |  | Consolidated
​ | ​ | (in millions of RMB, except percentages)
Revenue | ​ | 264,240 | ​ | 27,244 | ​ | 15,060 | ​ | 2,266 | ​ | 308,810 | ​ | — | ​ | 308,810
Income (Loss) from operations |  | 76,086 | ​ | (5,570) | ​ | (4,369) | ​ | (7,847) | ​ | 58,300 | ​ | (9,961) | ​ | 48,339
Add: share-based compensation expense |  | 15,908 | ​ | 5,060 | ​ | 1,865 | ​ | 2,717 | ​ | 25,550 | ​ | 6,859 | ​ | 32,409
Add: amortization of intangible assets |  | 5,201 | ​ | 12 | ​ | 473 | ​ | 44 | ​ | 5,730 | ​ | 110 | ​ | 5,840
Adjusted EBITA (iii) |  | 97,195 | ​ | (498) | ​ | (2,031) | ​ | (5,086) | ​ | 89,580 | ​ | (2,992) | ​ | ​
Adjusted EBITA margin (iv) |  | 37% | ​ | (2)% | ​ | (13)% | ​ | (224)% | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Schedule of reconciliation from the adjusted EBITA to the consolidated net income | The following table presents the reconciliation from the Adjusted EBITA to the consolidated net income for the six months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020:
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​ | ​ | Six months ended
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​ |  | 2019 |  | 2020
​ | ​ | (in millions of RMB)
Total Segments Adjusted EBITA |  | 70,398 |  | 89,580
Unallocated (ii) |  | (3,751) |  | (2,992)
Share-based compensation expense |  | (15,260) |  | (32,409)
Amortization of intangible assets |  | (6,072) |  | (5,840)
Impairment of goodwill |  | (576) |  | —
Consolidated income from operations |  | 44,739 |  | 48,339
Interest and investment income, net |  | 63,535 |  | 32,647
Interest expenses |  | (2,706) |  | (2,224)
Other income, net |  | 5,272 |  | 2,641
Income tax expenses | ​ | (9,527) | ​ | (13,035)
Share of results of equity method investees |  | (11,443) |  | 4,593
Consolidated net income |  | 89,870 |  | 72,961
Schedule of depreciation of property and equipment and land use rights by segment | ​
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​ | ​ | Six months ended
​ | ​ | September 30,
​ |  | 2019 |  | 2020
​ | ​ | (in millions of RMB)
Core commerce | ​ | 4,005 | ​ | 5,008
Cloud computing |  | 4,266 |  | 5,403
Digital media and entertainment (i) |  | 684 |  | 584
Innovation initiatives and others and unallocated (i)(ii) |  | 737 |  | 981
Total depreciation of property and equipment, and operating lease cost relating to land use rights | ​ | 9,692 | ​ | 11,976
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| (i) | Beginning on April 1, 2020, the Company reclassified the results of the Company’s self-developed online games business, which was previously reported under the innovation initiatives and others segment, to the digital media and entertainment segment in order to conform to the way that the Company manages and monitors segment performance. Comparative figures were reclassified to conform to this presentation.
| (ii) | Unallocated expenses are primarily related to corporate administrative costs and other miscellaneous items that are not allocated to individual segments.
| (iii) | Adjusted EBITA represents net income before (i) interest and investment income, net, interest expense, other income, net, income tax expenses and share of results of equity method investees, and (ii) certain non-cash expenses, consisting of share-based compensation expense, amortization of intangible assets and impairment of goodwill, which are not reflective of the Company’s core operating performance.
| (iv) | Adjusted EBITA margin represents Adjusted EBITA divided by revenue.

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