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CONTINGENCIES AND COMMITMENTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2021
Other Provisions, Contingent Liabilities And Contingent Assets [Abstract] |
Contractual Obligation, Fiscal Year Maturity Schedule | Contractual purchase commitments that are not recognized as liabilities are as follows:
|  | 2021 |  | 2020
Less than 1 year | $ | 195.9 |  | $ | 204.7 |
Between 1 and 5 years |  | 92.8 |  |  | 35.1 |
Total contractual purchase commitments | $ | 288.7 |  | $ | 239.8 |

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