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Trade receivables and unbilled revenue, net | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
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Trade receivables and unbilled revenue, net | 8. Trade receivables and unbilled revenue, net Trade receivables and unbilled revenue consist of the following:
|  | As at |
|  | March 31, |  |  | March 31, |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Trade receivables and unbilled revenue* |  | $ | 141,806 |  |  | $ | 133,673 |
Less: Allowances for ECL |  |  | (1,182 | ) |  |  | (564 | )
Total |  | $ | 140,624 |  |  | $ | 133,109 |
* | As at March 31, 2019, unbilled revenue includes contract assets amounting to $1,457.
The movement in the allowances for ECL is as follows:
|  | Year ended March 31, |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Balance as at March 31, 2018 |  | $ | 564 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Impact of adoption of IFRS 9 |  |  | (74 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Balance at the beginning of the year |  |  | 490 |  |  | $ | 1,713 |  |  | $ | 4,446 |
Charged to profit or loss |  |  | 1,171 |  |  |  | 2,115 |  |  |  | 777 |
Write-offs, net of collections |  |  | (331 | ) |  |  | (1,136 | ) |  |  | (2,571 | )
Reversals |  |  | (157 | ) |  |  | (2,321 | ) |  |  | (664 | )
Translation adjustment |  |  | 9 |  |  |  | 193 |  |  |  | (275 | )
Balance at the end of the year |  | $ | 1,182 |  |  | $ | 564 |  |  | $ | 1,713 |

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