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Impaired Credit Substitutes (Detail) ₨ in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017 INR (₨)	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 INR (₨)	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Gross impaired credit substitutes	₨ 0		₨ 0	$ 0
Debt securities, other than asset and mortgage-backed securities
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Average impaired credit substitutes	0	$ 0	0
Interest income recognized on impaired credit substitutes	0	$ 0	0
Debt securities, other than asset and mortgage-backed securities | Credit Substitutes
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Gross impaired credit substitutes	0		0	0
Debt securities, other than asset and mortgage-backed securities | Credit Substitutes by Industry
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Gross impaired credit substitutes	₨ 0		₨ 0	$ 0

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- Definition

Average Gross amount during the period of credit substitute securities where cost exceeds fair value is not an other than temporary impairment (OTTI) and which is determined to be temporarily impaired.

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Credit Substitutes Impaired Gross Amount where fair value is below cost and the decline is other than temporary.

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Amount of interest income recognized on credit substitute securities classified as impaired during the period.

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