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Financial Instruments - Additional Information (Detail) ₨ in Millions, $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended |  |
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Mar. 31, 2017 INR (₨) | Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2016 INR (₨)
Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |
Estimated fair values of bank guarantees | ₨ 2,679.4 | $ 41.3 | ₨ 2,198.6
Margins in the form of cash and fixed deposit available to the bank to reimburse losses realized under guarantees | 73,200.0 |  | 78,600.0
Outstanding Undrawn commitments to provide loans and financing to customers | 419,000.0 | 6,500.0 | 429,700.0
Unconditional cancellable commitments | 2,159,000.0 | 33,300.0 | 1,629,800.0
Guarantees |  |  |
Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |
Guarantees, contingent liability recognized in terms of FASB ASC 450 | 977.2 |  | 917.7
Guarantees |  |  |
Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |
Estimated fair values of bank guarantees | ₨ 2,339.2 | $ 36.1 | ₨ 1,872.5
Minimum |  |  |
Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |
Remaining tenure of guarantees outstanding | 1 day |  |
Maximum |  |  |
Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |
Remaining tenure of guarantees outstanding | 15 years 10 months 25 days |  |

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- Definition Fair value portion of guarantee, including, but not limited to, financial standby letter of credit, fair value guarantee, guarantee of collection of scheduled contractual cash flows from financial assets, and contracts that contingently require the guarantor to make payments or perform services. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 460 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82913245&loc=d3e12201-110248 + Details
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