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Grace or moratorium period available under the borrowings where there is temporary suspension of certain activities including repayments etc expressed in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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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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The amount of noncurrent provisions for guarantees.

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The percentage accrued of guaranteed outstanding balance of controlled and non-controlled investees.

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

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The amount of investments accounted for using the equity method. The equity method is a method of accounting whereby the investment is initially recognised at cost and adjusted thereafter for the post-acquisition change in the investor's share of net assets of the investee. The investor's profit or loss includes its share of the profit or loss of the investee. The investor's other comprehensive income includes its share of the other comprehensive income of the investee. [Refer: At cost [member]]

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The nominal or face amount of a financial instrument, used to calculate payments made on that instrument.

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The cash inflow from borrowings obtained. [Refer: Borrowings]

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The cash outflow to settle borrowings, classified as financing activities. [Refer: Borrowings]

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