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Income Taxes - Deferred Tax Presented in Statement of Financial Position (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017
Deferred tax assets and liabilities [abstract]
Deferred tax assets	$ 27,395	$ 16,687
Deferred tax liabilities	(11,812)	(20,800)
Net deferred tax assets	$ 15,583	$ (4,113)

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The amount of deferred tax liabilities net of deferred tax assets, when the absolute amount of deferred tax liabilities is greater than the absolute amount of deferred tax assets. [Refer: Deferred tax assets; Deferred tax liabilities]

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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-IssueDate 2017-01-01
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Total of the amounts of deferred tax assets set off against deferred tax liabilities for each legal entity or jurisdiction.

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Total of the amounts of deferred tax liability set off against deferred tax asset for each legal entity or jurisdiction.

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