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The portion of operating lease payments that the lessee is or can be required to make, excluding contingent rent, costs for services and taxes to be paid by, and reimbursed to, the lessor, together with any amounts guaranteed by the lessee or by a party related to the lessee recognised as an expense.

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The amount of current lease liabilities. [Refer: Lease liabilities]

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IFRS
-Number 16
-IssueDate 2022-03-24
-Paragraph 47
-Subparagraph b
-URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=16&code=ifrs-tx-2022-en-r&anchor=para_47_b&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2022-03-24

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The amount of interest expense on lease liabilities. [Refer: Lease liabilities]

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IFRS
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-IssueDate 2022-03-24
-Paragraph 53
-Subparagraph b
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-URIDate 2022-03-24

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The amount of liabilities related to the entity's leases. Lease is a contract, or part of a contract, that conveys the right to use an underlying asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration.

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The amount of non-current lease liabilities. [Refer: Lease liabilities]