SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION - Fair Value (Details)	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016 shares	Mar. 31, 2015 $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2014 shares
Options
Weighted-average assumptions
Expiration period of options issued		7 years	7 years
Share Bonus Awards with Market Conditions
Weighted-average assumptions
Service period	3 years	3 years	3 years
2010 Equity Incentive Plan
Weighted-average assumptions
Expected dividends	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Granted (in shares)	0	15,000	0
2010 Equity Incentive Plan \| Options
Weighted-average assumptions
Expected term		6 years 3 months 18 days
Expected volatility		46.90%
Expected dividends		0.00%
Risk-free interest rate		2.30%
Weighted average fair value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 4.85
Granted (in shares)	0		0
Expiration period of options issued	7 years
2010 Equity Incentive Plan \| Share Bonus Awards with Market Conditions
Weighted-average assumptions
Expected volatility	26.00%	29.40%	35.90%
Average peer volatility	23.00%	25.90%	35.70%
Average peer correlation	0.6	0.6	0.4
Expected dividends	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Risk-free interest rate	1.20%	0.90%	0.40%
2014 NEXTracker Equity Incentive Plan
Weighted-average assumptions
Expected term	2 years 10 months 17 days
Expected volatility	28.80%
Expected dividends	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Risk-free interest rate	0.90%
Granted (in shares)	3,205,806
2014 NEXTracker Equity Incentive Plan \| Options
Weighted-average assumptions
Granted (in shares)			0

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The estimated dividend rate (a percentage of the share price) to be paid (expected dividends) to holders of the underlying shares over the option's term.

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The risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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

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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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