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Employee Benefits - Summary of Defined Benefit Plans (Detail) - INR (₨) ₨ in Millions | 12 Months Ended |  |
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Mar. 31, 2018 | Mar. 31, 2017 | Mar. 31, 2016 | Mar. 31, 2018 | Mar. 31, 2017
Disclosure of net defined benefit liability (asset) [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Defined benefit obligation at the beginning of the year | ₨ (351) |  |  |  |
Present value of unfunded obligation |  |  |  | ₨ (147) | ₨ (351)
Recognized asset/(liability) | (351) | ₨ (351) |  | (147) | (351)
Re-measurement of net defined benefit liability/(asset) |  |  |  |  |
Return on plan assets excluding interest income | (501) | (692) | ₨ (351) |  |
Defined benefit obligation at the end of the year | (147) | (351) |  |  |
Plan assets [member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of net defined benefit liability (asset) [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Defined benefit obligation at the beginning of the year | 7,919 | 6,488 |  |  |
Acquisitions | 28 | 561 |  |  |
Recognized asset/(liability) | 7,919 | 6,488 | 6,488 | ₨ 8,507 | ₨ 7,919
Expected return on plan assets | 483 | 499 |  |  |
Employer contributions | 59 | 186 |  |  |
Benefits paid |  | (4) |  |  |
Re-measurement of net defined benefit liability/(asset) |  |  |  |  |
Return on plan assets excluding interest income | 18 | 189 |  |  |
Defined benefit obligation at the end of the year | ₨ 8,507 | ₨ 7,919 | ₨ 6,488 |  |

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- Definition The increase (decrease) in the net defined benefit liability (asset) resulting from business combinations and disposals. [Refer: Business combinations [member]; 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 h -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=19&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_141_h&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
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- Definition The amount of deficit or surplus in a defined benefit plan, adjusted for any effect of limiting a net defined benefit asset to the asset ceiling. [Refer: Defined benefit plans [member]] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 19 -IssueDate 2017-01-01 -Paragraph 140 -Subparagraph a -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=19&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_140_a&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
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- Definition The decrease (increase) in the net defined benefit liability (asset) resulting from payments from the plan. [Refer: 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 g -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=19&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_141_g&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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