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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (DETAILS TEXTUAL) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Loans Receivable Percentage	100.00%	100.00%
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Foreign Currency Transaction and Translation Adjustment, Net Of Tax	$ (9)	$ 16	$ 0
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Accounts Receivable [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Accounts Receivable Percentage	54.00%	62.00%	81.00%
Loans Receivable Percentage	54.10%	62.20%
Machinery and Equipment [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	10 years
Maximum [Member] | Other Machinery and Equipment [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	5 years
Minimum [Member] | Other Machinery and Equipment [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	2 years

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Percentage of accounts receivable during the period.

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Percentage of loans receivable during the period.

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The aggregate amount of write-downs for impairments recognized during the period for long-lived assets held for abandonment, exchange or sale.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 28

-Subparagraph (b)

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 360

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 15

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Amount after tax and reclassification adjustments of gain (loss) on foreign currency translation adjustments, foreign currency transactions designated and effective as economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity and intra-entity foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 220

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 10A

-Subparagraph (a)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=SL7669646-108580



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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 830

-SubTopic 30

-Section 45

-Paragraph 20

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Useful life of long lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Examples include, but not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment.

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