Employee Benefits - Details Of Fund And Plan Asset Position (Details) - Provident Fund - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017
Disclosure Of Defined Benefit Plans [Line Items]
Plan assets at period end, at fair value	$ 792	$ 688
Present value of benefit obligation at period end	$ 792	$ 688

The present value, without deducting any plan assets, of expected future payments required to settle the obligation resulting from employee service in the current and prior periods. [Refer: Plan assets, at fair value]

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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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The fair value of defined benefit plan assets. Plan assets comprise assets held by a long-term employee benefit fund and qualifying insurance policies. [Refer: At fair value [member]]

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