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Pension and Other Employee Obligations - Summary of Employee Benefits Costs (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019 | Mar. 31, 2018 | Mar. 31, 2017
Disclosure of employee benefit expenses [Line Items] |  |  |
Salaries and bonus | $ 424,005 | $ 405,665 | $ 307,378
Employee benefit plans: Defined contribution plan | 11,572 | 11,684 | 10,265
Employee benefit plans: Defined benefit plan | 2,242 | 3,042 | 2,639
Share-based compensation expense | 30,305 | 30,565 | 23,036
Employee benefit costs | 468,124 | 450,956 | 343,318
Cost of revenue [member] |  |  |
Disclosure of employee benefit expenses [Line Items] |  |  |
Share-based compensation expense | 4,278 | 3,770 | 2,765
Employee benefit costs | 346,914 | 329,289 | 249,701
Selling and marketing expenses [member] |  |  |
Disclosure of employee benefit expenses [Line Items] |  |  |
Share-based compensation expense | 3,983 | 2,557 | 1,723
Employee benefit costs | 34,054 | 31,373 | 24,717
General and administrative expenses [member] |  |  |
Disclosure of employee benefit expenses [Line Items] |  |  |
Share-based compensation expense | 22,044 | 24,238 | 18,548
Employee benefit costs | $ 87,156 | $ 90,294 | $ 68,900

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- Definition The amount of post-employment benefit expense relating to defined benefit plans. [Refer: Defined benefit plans [member]] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Name IAS -Number 19 -IssueDate 2018-01-01 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=19&date=2018-03-01&anchor=para_5&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2018-03-16 + Details
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- Definition The amount of post-employment benefit expense relating to defined contribution plans. Defined contribution plans are post-employment benefit plans under which an entity pays fixed contributions into a separate entity (a fund) and will have no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employee benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 19 -IssueDate 2018-01-01 -Paragraph 53 -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=19&date=2018-03-01&anchor=para_53&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2018-03-16 + Details
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