Segments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Results and Segment Assets

Following are the segment results and segment assets for the years ended March 31, 2011, 2012 and 2013.

	2011						2012						2013
	India Online Business		US Publishing Business		Total		India Online Business		US Publishing Business		Total		India Online Business		US Publishing Business		Total
	US$		US$		US$		US$		US$		US$		US$		US$		US$
Revenues from external customers:
Advertising		13,817,053		3,548,083		17,365,136		12,517,461		3,462,646		15,980,107		8,485,560		2,872,638		11,358,198
Fee based services		4,125,556		304,771		4,430,327		3,705,761		256,398		3,962,159		4,041,904		258,602		4,300,506
Total revenues		17,942,609		3,852,854		21,795,463		16,223,222		3,719,044		19,942,266		12,527,464		3,131,240		15,658,704
Cost of revenues (excluding depreciation and amortization)		8,299,834		2,496,145		10,795,979		8,241,612		2,532,509		10,774,121		7,470,935		2,480,949		9,951,884
Segment Results		9,642,775		1,356,709		10,999,484		7,981,610		1,186,535		9,168,145		5,056,529		650,291		5,706,820
Segment Assets		57,334,942		4,702,523		62,037,465		44,457,954		3,483,912		47,941,866		35,577,371		820,713		36,398,084
Capital expenditures		4,034,753		11,303		4,046,056		5,375,763		33,786		5,409,549		2,105,552		2,315		2,107,867
Depreciation/amortization		3,776,809		9,589		3,786,398		3,490,725		9,044		3,499,769		3,651,816		12,560		3,664,376

Reconciliation of Segment Results to (Loss) Income Before Income Taxes

The following is a reconciliation of the segment results to (loss) income before income taxes of the Company for the years ended March 31, 2011, 2012 and 2013.

	2011			2012			2013
	US$			US$			US$
Segment result		10,999,484			9,168,145			5,706,820
Operating expenses (including depreciation and amortization)		(19,695,625	)		(20,005,598	)		(19,571,322	)
Other income, net		2,927,113			3,441,498			2,314,721
Net loss before income taxes and equity in net earnings (loss) of equity method investees		(5,769,028	)		(7,395,955	)		(11,549,781	)

Reconciliation of Segment Assets to Total Assets

The following is a reconciliation of the segment assets to the total assets as at March 31, 2012 and 2013.

	As at March 31,
	2012		2013
	US$		US$
India Online business		44,457,954		35,577,371
US Publishing business		3,483,912		820,713
Total segment assets		47,941,866		36,398,084
Investments in equity method investees		81,473		—
Investment, at cost		1,300,000		1,404,987
Promissory note		1,100,000		—
Rediff.com India Employee trust		44,880		45,931
Total assets		50,468,219		37,849,002

Revenue Derived from Customers

Revenues derived from customers are as follows:

	Years ended March 31,
	2011		2012		2013
	US$		US$		US$
United States and Canada		3,628,056		3,382,387		3,030,249
India		17,615,686		16,078,008		12,241,845
Rest of the world		551,721		481,871		386,610
Total revenues		21,795,463		19,942,266		15,658,704

Long-lived Assets by Location

Long-lived assets by location are as follows:

	As of March 31,
	2012		2013
	US$		US$
United States and Canada		2,055,307		45,063
India		9,829,783		7,657,611
Total		11,885,090		7,702,674