The Badminton Association of India (BAI) has developed an online system for BAI ID renewal and informed that the online system is live on the BAI website at www.badmintonindia.org. Players are requested to renew their BAI IDs by visiting the BAI website and completing the renewal process online. This year's renewal is valid until December 31, 2024. Starting January 1, 2025, all players must complete their BAI ID renewal process.
"The validity of BAI IDs will be for one year, i.e., from 1st January to 31st December. Players will need to renew their BAI ID annually. All BAI IDs will automatically be deactivated on 31st December every year."
Steps in renewing the BAI ID through the new renewal online system
STEP 1:
Before starting the renewal process, you may be required to check the renewal status in the Player BAI ID search page https://www.badmintonindia.org/beta/players/bai-player-id/
If your BAI ID status is 'Active', You have renewed already and are not required to renew again now before 31st December of this year. If the status is 'RENEW', then follow the following steps to renew your BAI ID.
STEP 2:
Go to https://www.badmintonindia.org/ and select the following in the top menu bar of the BAI home page. Players/ BAI ID Renewal Link
or Directly click the following link
Step 3:
Enter your BAI ID and accept the Terms and Conditions & Privacy policy
If your BAI is active, you will get the following notification, and require to renew from 1st January 2025.
Step 4:
Your BAI ID is required to be renewed by now, and then the system will ask for the following details.
After submission of the above details, It will send a 4-digit verification code will be sent to the entered email ID.
Enter the 4-digit verification code.
Step 5:
After entering the code, the system is redirected to the payment gateway page to pay the renewal fee Rs.1000 by scanning the QR or entering the UPI ID.
It is a commendable initiative by BAI to offer convenience to the players, affiliated states, and their district associations in the BAI ID renewal process. It would be an assistance to the BAI to identify the active players on the roll. According to the BAI database, there are 1,369 players with names beginning with the letter 'B'. Of these, only 23% (312 players) are currently active.
As per the current BAI database 2024, approximately 55000 BAI IDs are there and 25-30% of them are active. If at least 15,000 active players from 2024 renew their ID in 2025, the BAI will collect 1.5 crore rupees approximately as a BAI ID renewal fee, and continue in the coming years. The fund is eagerly expected to be used to create a strong infrastructure for an online player management system, address age fraud issues, or develop the sport from the grassroots level. All the above numbers are projected based on the BAI 2024 database.
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