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Employee Benefits - Summary of Change in Plan Assets (Detail) - INR (₨) ₨ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018 | Mar. 31, 2017 | Mar. 31, 2016
Disclosure of net defined benefit liability (asset) [abstract] |  |  |
Current service cost | ₨ 1,525 | ₨ 1,130 | ₨ 915
Net interest on net defined benefit liability/(asset) | 7 | (35) | (30)
Net gratuity cost/(benefit) | 1,532 | 1,095 | 885
Actual return on plan assets | ₨ 501 | ₨ 692 | ₨ 351

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- Definition The increase (decrease) in the net defined benefit liability (asset) resulting from the passage of time. [Refer: Interest expense; Net defined benefit liability (asset)] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 19 -IssueDate 2017-01-01 -Paragraph 141 -Subparagraph b -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=19&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_141_b&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
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- Definition The decrease (increase) in the net defined benefit liability (asset) resulting from the return on plan assets. The return on plans assets is interest, dividends and other revenue derived from the plan assets, together with realised and unrealised gains or losses on the plan assets, less any costs of managing plan assets and less any tax payable by the plan itself, other than tax included in the actuarial assumptions used to measure the present value of the defined benefit obligation. [Refer: Plan assets [member]; Net defined benefit liability (asset); Actuarial assumptions [member]] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 19 -IssueDate 2017-01-01 -Paragraph 141 -Subparagraph c -Clause i -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=19&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_141_c_i&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
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