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GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATION (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2021
Government Grants [Abstract] |
Disclosure of detailed Information about government participation | Government contributions, other than COVID-19 government support programs, were recognized as follows:
|  | 2021 |  | 2020
Credited to non-financial assets | $ | 11.7 |  | $ | 15.6 |
Credited to income |  | 20.2 |  |  | 18.0 |
| $ | 31.9 |  | $ | 33.6 |

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