Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract]

5.	Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment comprise:


	As of March 31,
	2012			2013
	US$			US$
Furniture and fixtures		497,334			473,115
Computer equipment and software		29,744,643			25,966,628
Office equipment		413,084			405,394
Vehicles		256,262			281,016
Leasehold improvements		677,932			646,925
Website development costs		2,553,410			3,452,526

Property, plant and equipment – at cost		34,142,665			31,225,604
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization		(27,875,525	)		(26,344,562	)

		6,267,140			4,881,042
Capital work-in-progress		1,131,941			899,130

Property, plant and equipment – net		7,399,081			5,780,172

In fiscal 2011, Company discontinued the use of certain software included in Website development costs and recorded an impairment charge of US$109,658 representing carrying amount.

In fiscals 2011, 2012 and 2013, the Company incurred depreciation and amortization expense of US$3,617,535, US$3,028,924 and US$3,249,417, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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