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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Loans and Borrowings Maturity [Abstract].

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The adjustment to the basis (reference rate) used for calculation of the interest rate on borrowings. [Refer: Borrowings]

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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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The amount of costs associated with financing activities of the entity.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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The nominal or face amount of a financial instrument, used to calculate payments made on that instrument.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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