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Intangible assets | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2022
Disclosure Of Intangible Assets And Goodwill Explanatory [Abstract] |
Disclosure of intangible assets and goodwill [text block] |
| 6. | Intangible assets
Intangible assets comprise the following:
|  | March 31, 202 2 |  |  | March 31, 20 21 |  |  | March 31, 2020 |
Goodwill |  |  | - |  |  |  | 14,595 |  |  |  | 14,595 |
Other intangible assets |  |  | 634,730 |  |  |  | 679,991 |  |  |  | 665,097 |
|  |  | 634,730 |  |  |  | 694,586 |  |  |  | 679,692 |
(i) Goodwill The following table presents the changes in goodwill during the years ended March 31, 2022 and 2021
|  | March 31, 202 2 |  |  | March 31, 202 1 |
Balance at the beginning of the year |  |  | 14,595 |  |  |  | 14,595 |
Effect of movement in exchange rates |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Impairment loss recognized during the year |  |  | (14,595 | ) |  |  | - |
Net carrying amount of goodwill |  |  | - |  |  |  | 14,595 |
The amount of goodwill and impairment loss as of March 31, 2022 and March 31, 2021 has been allocated to Digital Services segment. During the year, the company has discontinued the current affairs and sports channel of its portal sify.com pursuant to notification from the Government of India regulating the entities which have FDI of more than 49% to carry content relating to current affairs and sports. Consequently the eyeballs to the site would come down and hence the goodwill associated to this business has been impaired. (ii) Other intangibles The following table presents the changes in intangible assets during the years ended March 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020.
|  | Bandwidth Capacity |  |  | Software |  |  | License fees |  |  | Total |
(A) Cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance as of March 31, 2019 |  |  | 684,334 |  |  |  | 986,884 |  |  |  | 73,000 |  |  |  | 1,744,218 |
Acquisitions during the year |  |  | 52,054 |  |  |  | 283,844 |  |  |  | 5,000 |  |  |  | 340,898 |
Disposals during the year |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Balance as of March 31, 20 20 |  |  | 736,388 |  |  |  | 1,270,728 |  |  |  | 78,000 |  |  |  | 2,085,116 |
Acquisitions during the year |  |  | - |  |  |  | 307,506 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 307,506 |
Disposals during the year |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Balance as of March 31, 202 1 |  |  | 736,388 |  |  |  | 1,578,234 |  |  |  | 78,000 |  |  |  | 2,392,622 |
Acquisitions during the year |  |  | - |  |  |  | 325,471 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 325,471 |
Disposals during the year |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Balance as of March 31, 202 2 |  |  | 736,388 |  |  |  | 1,903,704 |  |  |  | 78,000 |  |  |  | 2,718,093 |
(B) Amortization |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance as of March 31, 2019 |  |  | 367,344 |  |  |  | 781,419 |  |  |  | 33,531 |  |  |  | 1,182,294 |
Amortization for the year |  |  | 70,869 |  |  |  | 163,248 |  |  |  | 3,608 |  |  |  | 237,725 |
Impairment loss on intangibles |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Balance as of March 31, 20 20 |  |  | 438,213 |  |  |  | 944,667 |  |  |  | 37,139 |  |  |  | 1,420,019 |
Amortization for the year |  |  | 74,482 |  |  |  | 214,980 |  |  |  | 3,150 |  |  |  | 292,612 |
Impairment loss on intangibles |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance as of March 31, 202 1 |  |  | 512,695 |  |  |  | 1,159,647 |  |  |  | 40,289 |  |  |  | 1,712,631 |
Amortization for the year |  |  | 74,483 |  |  |  | 293,299 |  |  |  | 3,150 |  |  |  | 370,932 |
Impairment loss on intangibles |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance as of March 31, 202 2 |  |  | 587,178 |  |  |  | 1,452,946 |  |  |  | 43,439 |  |  |  | 2,083,363 |
(C) Carrying amounts |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
As of March 31, 2020 |  |  | 298,175 |  |  |  | 326,061 |  |  |  | 40,861 |  |  |  | 665,097 |
As of March 31, 202 1 |  |  | 223,693 |  |  |  | 418,587 |  |  |  | 37,711 |  |  |  | 679,991 |
As of March 31, 202 2 |  |  | 149,210 |  |  |  | 450,958 |  |  |  | 34,561 |  |  |  | 634,730 |
Intangible assets that were fully impaired / amortised were removed from the block. Capital commitments The Company had not committed to spend any amount under agreements to purchase intangible assets during the year ending March 31, 2022 and 2021.

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