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Employment benefit plan
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [abstract]  
Employment benefit plan

34. Employment benefit plan

 

       
   March 31, 
   2025   2026 
Defined benefit obligation   87,180    126,358 
Liability for compensated absences   41,200    63,376 
Total liability   128,380    189,734 
           
Current   62,550    86,011 
Non Current   65,830    103,723 
Total   128,380    189,734 
Net Unfunded liability   87,180    126,358 

 

The Group’s gratuity scheme for its employees in India, is a defined benefit plan. Gratuity is paid as a lump sum amount to employees at retirement or termination of employment at an amount based on the respective employee’s eligible salary and the years of employment with the Group. The benefit plan is partially funded. The following table sets out the disclosure in respect of the defined benefit plan.

 

Movement in obligation

 

   March 31, 
   2025   2026 
Present value of obligation at beginning of year   76,876    99,657 
On account of business combination   15,833    - 
Interest cost   5,543    6,209 
Current service cost   12,563    14,245 
Past service cost   -    27,099 
Remeasurement (gain)/loss on obligation   -    - 
-economic assumptions   1,641    (2,592)
-demographic assumptions   448    (872)
-experience assumptions   1,037    7,216 
Benefits paid   (14,284)   (11,739)
Present value of obligation at closing of year   99,657    139,223 

 

Movement in plan assets*

 

   March 31, 
   2025   2026 
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of the year   5,427    12,477 
On account of business combination   6,937    - 
Employer contributions   -    - 
Benefits paid   (849)   (1,457)
Return on plan assets (excluding amounts included in net interest expense)   890    839 
Actuarial (gain)/loss on plan assets   72    52 
Fair value of plan assets at end of the year   12,477    11,911 

 

*plan assets represents investment made by the Company in LIC funds.

 

Unfunded liability

 

       
   March 31, 
   2025   2026 
Current   21,350    22,557 
Non-current   65,830    103,801 
Unfunded liability recognized in statement of financial position   87,180    126,358 

 

Components of cost recognized in profit/(loss)

 

   2024   2025   2026 
Current service cost   8,437    12,563    14,245 
Past service cost   (1,633)   -    27,099 
Net interest cost   3,686    4,653    5,369 
Components of cost recognized in profit or loss   10,490    17,216    46,713 

 

Amount recognized in other comprehensive income

 

   2024   2025   2026 
Remeasurement loss on obligation*   6,006    3,061    (3,690)

 

*Refer to Note 31 for the movement during the year.

 

 

Yatra Online, Inc.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements

(Amounts in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)

 

The principal actuarial assumptions used for estimating the Group’s defined benefit obligations are set out below:

 

    March 31,
    2025  2026
Discount rate   6.54%- 6.85%  6.68%- 7.80%
Future salary increase   5.00%  5.00%
Average expected future working life (years)   3.21-16.09  3.47-18.46
Retirement age (years)   60-65 years  65 years
Mortality table   IALM* (2012-14) Ultimate
Withdrawal rate (%)       
Ages       
Upto 30 years   2%-27%  2%-39%
From 31 to 44 years   2%-31%  2%-30%
Above 44 years   2%-31%  2%-19%

 

*Indian Assured Lives Mortality (2012-14) Ultimate represents published mortality table used for mortality assumption.

 

Sensitivity analysis

 

Reasonably possible changes at the reporting date to one of the relevant actuarial assumptions, holding other assumptions constant, would have affected the defined benefit obligation by the amounts shown below:  

 

   March 31, 
   2025   2026 
a) Impact of the change in discount rate          
Impact due to increase of 0.50 %   (9,616)   (8,190)
a) Impact due to increase of 0.50 %   (9,616)   (8,190)
b)Impact due to decrease of 0.50 %   15,688    16,040 
           
b) Impact of the change in salary increase          
a) Impact due to increase of 0.50 %   14,872    16,000 
b) Impact due to decrease of 0.50 %   (8,718)   (8,190)

 

The sensitivity analyses above have been determined based on a method that extrapolates the impact on the defined benefit obligation as a result of reasonable changes in key assumptions occurring at the end of the reporting period. These analysis are based on a change in a significant assumption, keeping all other assumptions constant and may not be representative of an actual change in the defined benefit obligation as it is unlikely that changes in assumptions would occur in isolation of one another.

 

The following payments are expected contributions to the defined benefit plan in future years:

 

       
   March 31, 
   2025   2026 
Year 1   27,720    38,223 
Year 2   17,335    20,575 
Year 3   14,401    17,779 
Year 4   12,037    16,376 
Year 5   9,501    13,763 
Year 6-10   28,428    40,932 
Above 10   33,562    60,323 
Total expected payments   142,984    207,971 

 

b) Defined contribution plans

 

During the year, the Group has realized the following amounts in the Statement of Profit and Loss (refer to note 11)

 

       
   March 31, 
   2025   2026 
Employer’s contribution to Employees’ Provident fund   61,281    46,264 

Contribution to Pension fund

   1,750    18,800 
Employer’s contribution to Labor Welfare Fund   630    733 
Employer’s contribution   63,661    65,797 

 

CODE ON SOCIAL SECURITY, 2020

 

On November 21, 2025, the Government of India notified the four Labour Codes - the Code on Wages, 2019, the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Code on Social Security, 2020, and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 - consolidating 29 existing labour laws. The Ministry of Labour & Employment published draft Central Rules and FAQs to enable assessment of the financial impact due to changes in regulations. The Group has assessed the incremental impact arising from the aforesaid notification and based on its best estimate in accordance with the guidance provided by ICAI has recognised the incremental change of INR 27,080 and INR 10,840 towards Gratuity and long-term compensated absences respectively. The management is in the process of evaluating possible impact in respect of other classes of employees such as contract workers that is not expected to be material. The Group continues to monitor the finalisation of Central / State Rules and clarifications from the Government on other aspects of the Labour Code and will recognise incremental obligation, if any, based on such rules and clarification.

 

 

Yatra Online, Inc.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements

(Amounts in INR thousands, except per share data and number of shares)