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Employee Benefit Plans
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
Employee Benefit Plans
13.
Employee benefit plans

The Company has employee benefit plans in the form of certain statutory and other programs covering its employees.

Defined benefit plan (unfunded)

In accordance with Indian law, the Company provides a defined benefit retirement plan (the “Gratuity Plan”) covering substantially all of its Indian employees. The Gratuity Plan provides a lump-sum payment to vested employees upon retirement or termination of employment in an amount based on each employee’s salary and duration of employment with the Company. The Gratuity Plan benefit cost for the year is calculated on an actuarial basis. The Company contributes the required funding for all ascertained liabilities to the Gratuity Plan. There is no plan asset against the defined benefit plan.

The following table sets forth the amounts recognized in the Company’s financial statements based on actuarial valuations carried out as of March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

 

Change in benefit obligation

 

As of
March 31,
2023

 

 

As of
March 31,
2022

 

Projected benefit obligation at the beginning of the year

 

 

163,744

 

 

 

92,473

 

Interest costs

 

 

11,610

 

 

 

6,181

 

Service costs

 

 

124,010

 

 

 

67,258

 

Actuarial (gain) loss

 

 

16,627

 

 

 

11,317

 

Benefits paid

 

 

 

 

 

(9,508

)

Effect of exchange rate changes

 

 

(18,682

)

 

 

(3,977

)

Projected benefit obligation at the end of the year

 

 

297,309

 

 

 

163,744

 

Amounts recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets
   consist of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities (recorded under accrued expenses and other
   current liabilities)

 

 

3,008

 

 

 

4,706

 

Non-current liabilities (recorded under other liabilities)

 

 

294,301

 

 

 

159,038

 

Unfunded amount recognized

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

297,309

 

 

 

163,744

 

 

Net defined benefit plan costs include the following components for:

 

 

As of
March 31,
2023

 

 

As of
March 31,
2022

 

Interest costs

 

 

11,610

 

 

 

6,181

 

Service costs

 

 

124,010

 

 

 

67,258

 

Amortization of unrecognized prior service credit

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actuarial (gain) loss

 

 

16,627

 

 

 

11,317

 

Curtailment

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

152,247

 

 

 

84,756

 

 

The estimated net defined benefit plan cost over the next fiscal year is $190,717

The principal assumptions used in determining gratuity for the Company’s plans are shown below:

 

 

As of
March 31,
2023

 

 

As of
March 31,
2022

 

Discount rate

 

 

7.39

%

 

7.18-7.26%

 

Rate of increase in compensation per annum

 

 

10

%

 

5.5-10%

 

Retirement age (in years)

 

 

60

 

 

 

60

 

 

The Company evaluates these assumptions based on projections of the Company’s long-term growth and prevalent industry standards.

The expected benefit plan payments set forth below reflect expected future service:

 

Year ending March 31

 

Amounts

 

2024

 

 

7,404

 

2025

 

 

8,822

 

2026

 

 

16,239

 

2027

 

 

30,756

 

2028

 

 

39,932

 

2029-2033

 

 

381,364

 

 

 

484,517

 

 

 

The Company’s expected benefit plan payments are based on the same assumptions that were used to measure the Company’s benefit obligations as of March 31, 2023.

Defined contribution plans

The Company makes contributions to Employee provident fund and Employee state insurance, determined as a specified percentage of employee salaries, in respect of qualifying employees towards defined contribution schemes. During the years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company contributed $115,947 and $89,270, respectively, to defined contribution plans in India.