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Prepayments and other assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
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Summary of Prepayment and Other Assets | Prepayment and other assets consist of the following:
|  | As at |
|  | March 31, 2019 |  |  | March 31, 2018 |
Current: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Service tax and other tax receivables |  | $ | 1,117 |  |  | $ | 6,569 |
Deferred transition cost* |  |  | — |  |  |  | 571 |
Employee receivables |  |  | 1,052 |  |  |  | 1,099 |
Advances to suppliers |  |  | 2,073 |  |  |  | 2,877 |
Prepaid expenses |  |  | 7,456 |  |  |  | 7,994 |
Restricted cash, held in escrow (Refer Note 5(d)) |  |  | 1,535 |  |  |  | 1,535 |
Other assets |  |  | 3,550 |  |  |  | 4,202 |
Total |  | $ | 16,783 |  |  | $ | 24,847 |
Non-current: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deposits |  | $ | 9,205 |  |  | $ | 8,708 |
Income tax assets |  |  | 9,916 |  |  |  | 12,595 |
Service tax and other tax receivables |  |  | 22,246 |  |  |  | 11,410 |
Deferred transition cost* |  |  | — |  |  |  | 2,467 |
Restricted cash, held in escrow (Refer Note 5(d)) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,535 |
Other assets |  |  | 2,872 |  |  |  | 5,673 |
Total |  | $ | 44,239 |  |  | $ | 42,388 |
* | As at March 31, 2019, deferred transition cost is included within contract assets in accordance with IFRS 15 (Refer Note 20).

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