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31. Segment Information
Operating segments are components of an enterprise for which discrete onancial information is available that is evaluated
regularly by the chief operating decision maker, in deciding how to allocate resources and assessing performance. The
Group’s chief operating decision maker is the CEO and Managing Director.
The Group reorganised itself into 4 business units during the year, which form the operating segments for segment
reporting.
The operating segments are:
a. Services
b. Digital
c. Alliance
d. Accelerite (Products)
(In
`
Million)
P
articulars
Services Digital
Alliance Accelerite
(Products)
Total
Revenue
Year ended Mar-31-2017 13,086.58 4,704.91
8,466.11
2,526.79 28,784.39
Identioable expense Year ended Mar-31-2017
7,561.76 3,214.67 5,906.32 1,423.68 18,106.43
Segmental result
Year ended Mar-31-2017 5,524.82 1,490.24 2,559.79
1,103.11
10,677.96
Unallocable expenses Year ended Mar-31-2017
7,629.68
Operating income
Year ended Mar-31-2017
3,048.28
Other income (net of
expenses)
Year ended Mar-31-2017
958.45
Proot before taxes
(after exceptional
items)
Year ended Mar-31-2017
4,006.73
Tax expense
Year ended Mar-31-2017
992.08
Proot after tax
Year ended Mar-31-2017
3,014.65
Note: Costs related to research and development are included under identioable expenses for the purpose of segment
reporting.
(In
`
Million)
P
articulars
Services Digital
Alliance Accelerite
(Products)
Total
Segmental trade
receivables
As at
Mar-31-2017 2,109.80
1,318.83
717.31
607.89
4,753.83
Unallocated assets
As at
Mar-31-2017
-
-
-
- 18,709.90
Segregation of assets (other than trade receivables), liabilities, depreciation and amortization and other non-cash
expenses into various reportable segments have not been presented as the assets are used interchangeably between
segments and the Group is of the view that it is not practical to reasonably allocate the other assets, liabilities and other
non-cash expenses to individual segments and an ad-hoc allocation will not be meaningful.
The Group reorganised itself into 4 business units effective from April 1, 2016, whose results are evaluated regularly by
the chief operating decision maker, in deciding how to allocate resources and assessing performance. The Group’s chief
operating decision maker is the CEO and Managing Director. These business units have been identioed as the operating
segments from April 1, 2016. Discrete onancial information for these business units/ operating segments for the earlier