Lok Sabha Question No. 1509 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-07
Subject: Improving Quality Badminton Facilities
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Rajiv Pratap Rudy

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1509 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2021

Improving Quality Badminton Facilities

1509. SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY:

Will the Minister of YOUTH   AFFAIRS AND SPORTS be pleased to state:

- a) whether  Government  has  taken  steps  to  improve  access  to quality  badminton  facilities  in  the  country  and  if  so,  details thereof;
- b) whether the Government has taken steps to increase availability of badminton coaches in the country, particularly at schools and in private coaching facilities for teenagers and if so, the details thereof;
- c) the details and the number of Badminton players of the country ranked in the top 100 players of the world for men and women each;
- d) whether there are any sponsorship schemes for lesser-privileged players with  potential to get access  to  quality  training of badminton and if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS (SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR)

- (a)
- Yes Sir, six  National Centres of Excellence (NCOEs) have been approved  under  which  three  academies  have  been  declared

Target  Olympic Podium Scheme-National Centres of Excellence (TOPS-NCOE)  for  all  junior  and  emerging  players.  Further,  24 Badminton  academies  have  been  accredited  under  Khelo  India Talent Search and development vertical, the details of which are given at Annexure-I

- (b) Sports is a 'State' Subject and development of Sports, including appointment  of  coaches  and  increasing  their  availability  rests with the respective State Government  and  National  Sports Federations (NSFs). As far as Sports Authority of India (SAI), an autonomous body under the aegis of Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports,  is  concerned,  there  are  36  Badminton  coaches  working under  it.  These  Coaches  are  deployed  on  priority  basis  in  the schemes  of  SAI  like  National  Centre  of  Coaching  Excellence, Sports  Training  Centre,  etc.  Three  Badminton  Coaches  are posted  in  private  academies  of  Prakash  Padukone  Badminton Academy, Bengaluru and Gopichand Badminton Academy, Hyderabad.
- (c) The  details  and  number  of  Badminton  players  of  the  country ranked in the top 100 players of the world for men and women each as per the latest ranking of Badminton World Federation are provided at Annexure-II.
- (d) Sports  Promotion  Schemes  implemented  through  SAI  Training Centres (STCs) and Extension Centres of STCs cover Badminton sport, the details of which are at Annexure-III. Further, under the Target  Olympic  Podium  Scheme  (TOPS)  of  the  government,  a total of 15 players in the Core Group  and 27 players in Development  Group  are  provided  support,  the  details  of  which are  given  at  Annexure-IV.  Under  the  Khelo  India  Talent  Search and development vertical, 142 athletes have been identified and are  supported  for  training  in  Badminton  sport.  These  schemes provide  opportunity  for  players  across  the  country,  including

lesser-privileged  sportspersons  with  potential  to  get  access  to quality training of badminton.

## Annexure - I

## INFORMATION AS PER PARA (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1509 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07/12/2021 ASKED BY SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY

## List of badminton academies accredited under Khelo India

|   S. No. | State/UT                          | Accredited Academies                                                                           |
|----------|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal State | Badminton Association, Itanagar                                                                |
|        2 | Assam SAI Regional Academy,       | Guwahati                                                                                       |
|        3 | Delhi                             | United Shuttlers, Delhi                                                                        |
|        4 | Gujarat                           | SE Transtadia Academy, Ahmedabad                                                               |
|        5 | Haryana                           | Shining Star Academy, Bahadurgarh                                                              |
|        6 | Karnataka                         | Karnataka Badminton Association, 4, Jasma Bhavan Road, Vasanth Nagar, Bengaluru                |
|        7 | Karnataka                         | Centre for Sports Excellence PVT Ltd, Bangalore                                                |
|        8 | Karnataka Level UP                | Sports Pvt Ltd, Sarjapur, Bangaluru                                                            |
|        9 | Karnataka Manik Prabhu            | Sports Academy Under Shri Manik Shikshan Samiti, Manik Nagar, Taluka Humnabad, Dist-Bidar      |
|       10 | Madhya Pradesh Pt                 | DeenDayal Khel Academy , IPS College, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh                                  |
|       11 | Maharashtra                       | EklavyaKridaSankul, Khandesh College Education Society, MJ College Campus, Jilha Peth, Jalgaon |
|       12 | Odisha                            | SAI Regional Academy, Bhuvneshwar                                                              |
|       13 | Tamil Nadu                        | SDAT Badminton Academy Madurai, DR MGR Stadium Madurai                                         |

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|   14 | Tamil Nadu    | SDAT Badminton Academy, Aquatic Complex Velachery         |
|------|---------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|   15 | Tamil Nadu    | Hatsun Badminton Centre, Thiruthangal, Dist-Virudhunagar  |
|   16 | Telangana     | Suchitra Badminton Academy, Hyderabad                     |
|   17 | Telangana     | Pullela Gopichand Badminton Foundation, Hyderabad         |
|   18 | Telangana     | Ganguly Prasad Badminton Academy, Hyderabad               |
|   19 | Telangana     | MLR Institute of Technology, Hyderabad                    |
|   20 | Telangana     | Kayns Badminton Academy, Telangana                        |
|   21 | Telangana     | Chetan Anand Badminton Academy, Hyderabad                 |
|   22 | Telangana     | Asian Badminton Centre of Excellence Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad |
|   23 | Telangana     | SAI Pullela Gopichand National Academy, Hyderabad         |
|   24 | Uttar Pradesh | BBD UP Badminton Academy, Lucknow                         |

## INFORMATION  AS  PER  PARA  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1509 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07/12/2021 ASKED BY SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY

## MEN'S WORLD RANKING

|   S.No. |   RANK | NAME              |   TOURNAMENTS |   POINTS |
|---------|--------|-------------------|---------------|----------|
|       1 |     14 | KIDAMBI Srikanth  |            33 |    61948 |
|       2 |     16 | SAI PRANEET HB.   |            28 |    59276 |
|       3 |     21 | Lakshya SEN       |            30 |    52787 |
|       4 |     24 | Sameer VERMA      |            28 |    49639 |
|       5 |     31 | PRANNOY H.S.      |            31 |    45985 |
|       6 |     34 | PARUPALLI Kashyap |            29 |    43440 |
|       7 |     35 | Sourabh VERMA     |            24 |    42400 |
|       8 |     57 | Subhanka rDEY     |            23 |    32015 |
|       9 |     61 | Ajay JAYARA M     |            23 |    30030 |
|      10 |     82 | Kiran GEORGE      |            21 |    23341 |
|      11 |     97 | Chirag SEN        |            25 |    20500 |
|      12 |     98 | Siril VERMA       |            15 |    20120 |

## WOMEN'S WORLD RANKING

|   S.No. |   RANK | NAME              |   TOURNAMENTS |   POINT S |
|---------|--------|-------------------|---------------|-----------|
|       1 |      7 | Pusarla V. Sindhu |            29 |     86794 |
|       2 |     23 | Saina Nehwal      |            26 |     49257 |
|       3 |     75 | Aakarshi Kashyap  |            19 |     23810 |

|   4 |   82 | Ashmita Chaliha   |   11 |   21905 |
|-----|------|-------------------|------|---------|
|   5 |  100 | Mugdha Agrey      |   16 |   19990 |

## MEN'S DOUBLE WORLD RANKING

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|   S.No. |   RANK | NAME                                           |   TOURNAMENTS |   POINTS |
|---------|--------|------------------------------------------------|---------------|----------|
|       1 |      9 | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty          |            26 |    72418 |
|       2 |     39 | Attri Manu Reddy B. Sumeeth                    |            23 |    36969 |
|       3 |     41 | M.R. Arjun Dhruv Kapila                        |            16 |    35730 |
|       4 |     57 | M.R. Arjun Ramchandran Shlok                   |            10 |    27364 |
|       5 |     88 | Krishna Prasad Garaga Vishnu Vardhan           |             6 |    18940 |
|       6 |     91 | Arun George Sanyam Shukla                      |             8 |    18502 |
|       7 |     92 | Kona Tarun Shivam Sharma                       |            11 |    18470 |
|       8 |     99 | Vasantha Kumar Hanumaiah Ranganat Ashith Surya |            14 |    16230 |

WOMEN'S DOUBLE WORLD RANKING

|   S.No. |   RANK | NAME                               |   TOURNAMENTS |   POINTS |
|---------|--------|------------------------------------|---------------|----------|
|       1 |     24 | Ashwini Ponnappa Reddy N. Sikki    |            32 |    45506 |
|       2 |     53 | Jakkampudi Meghana S Ram Poorvisha |            16 |    28480 |
|       3 |     54 | Pooja Dandu Sanjana Santosh        |            18 |    26970 |
|       4 |     68 | Maneesha K Rutaparna Panda         |             9 |    23570 |
|       5 |     77 | Ashwini Bhat K. Shikha Gautam      |            10 |    20300 |

MIXED DOUBLE WORLD RANKING

|   S.No. |   RANK | NAME                                     |   TOURNAMENTS |   POINTS |
|---------|--------|------------------------------------------|---------------|----------|
|       1 |     25 | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Ashwini Ponnappa |            15 |    47687 |
|       2 |     36 | Pranaav Jerry Chopra Reddy N. Sikki      |            22 |    38551 |
|       3 |     60 | M.R. Arjun                               |            13 |    26420 |

|    |    | Maneesha K                         |    |       |
|----|----|------------------------------------|----|-------|
|  4 | 63 | Venkat Gaurav Prasad Juhi Dewangan | 17 | 25900 |
|  5 | 94 | Dhruv Kapila Jakkampudi Meghana    |  6 | 17240 |

Annexure - III INFORMATION AS PER PARA (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1509 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07/12/2021 ASKED BY SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY

THE DETAILS OF SAI TRAINING CENTRES FOR BADMINTON SPORT

| Centre(s)                       | Discipline                 | Residential                | Residential                | Residential                | Non-Residential            | Non-Residential            | Non-Residential            |
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| SAI Training Centres (STC)      | SAI Training Centres (STC) | SAI Training Centres (STC) | SAI Training Centres (STC) | SAI Training Centres (STC) | SAI Training Centres (STC) | SAI Training Centres (STC) | SAI Training Centres (STC) |
|                                 |                            | BoysGirls                  |                            |                            | TotalBoys                  |                            | GirlsTotal                 |
| Yanam                           | Badminton                  | 8                          | 0                          | 8                          | 4                          | 1                          | 5                          |
| Dhar                            | Badminton                  | 7                          | 0                          | 7                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
| Jammu                           | Badminton                  | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 8                          | 7                          | 15                         |
|                                 | TOTAL:                     | 15                         | 0                          | 15                         | 12                         | 8                          | 20                         |
| Extension Centres of STCs       | Extension Centres of STCs  | Extension Centres of STCs  | Extension Centres of STCs  | Extension Centres of STCs  | Extension Centres of STCs  | Extension Centres of STCs  | Extension Centres of STCs  |
| Kendriya Vidyalaya No.3 Surat   | Badminton                  | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
| University of Rajasthan, Jaipur | Badminton                  | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 12                         | 8                          | 20                         |
|                                 |                            | 0                          |                            |                            | 12                         | 8                          | 20                         |
|                                 | TOTAL:                     |                            | 0                          | 0                          |                            |                            |                            |

Annexure - IV

INFORMATION AS PER PARA (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1509 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07/12/2021 ASKED BY BY SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY

CORE GROUP ATHLETES (Badminton & Para-Badminton)

| 1   | Srikanth Kidambi   | Badminton   | Men's Singles   |
|-----|--------------------|-------------|-----------------|

|   2 | Sai Praneeth B          | Badminton      | Men's Singles   |
|-----|-------------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|   3 | P. V. Sindhu            | Badminton      | Women's Singles |
|   4 | Saina Nehwal            | Badminton      | Women's Singles |
|   5 | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy | Badminton      | Men's Doubles   |
|   6 | Chirag Shetty           | Badminton      | Men's Doubles   |
|   7 | Ashwini Ponnappa        | Badminton      | Women's Doubles |
|   8 | Sikki N Reddy           | Badminton      | Women's Doubles |
|   9 | Suhas Yathiraj          | Para Badminton | MS SL4          |
|  10 | Krishna Nagar           | Para Badminton | MS SH6          |
|  11 | Pramod Bhagat           | Para Badminton | MS SL3          |
|  12 | Manoj Sarkar            | Para Badminton | MS SL3          |
|  13 | Tarun Dhillon           | Para Badminton | MS SL4          |
|  14 | Palak Kohli             | Para Badminton | SU 5            |
|  15 | Parul Parmar            | Para Badminton | SL 3            |

DEVELOPMENT GROUP ATHLETES (Badminton)

|   1 | Sankar Muthusamy S.       | Badminton   | Men's Singles   |
|-----|---------------------------|-------------|-----------------|
|   2 | Pranav Rao Gandham        | Badminton   | Men's Singles   |
|   3 | Maisnam Meiraba           | Badminton   | Men's Singles   |
|   4 | Sathish Kumar K.          | Badminton   | Men's Singles   |
|   5 | Rohan Gurbani             | Badminton   | Men's Singles   |
|   6 | Sai Charan Koya           | Badminton   | Men's Singles   |
|   7 | Kiran George              | Badminton   | Men's Singles   |
|   8 | Lakshya SEN               | Badminton   | Men's Singles   |
|   9 | Priyanshu RAJAWAT         | Badminton   | Men's Singles   |
|  10 | Tasnim Mir                | Badminton   | Women's Singles |
|  11 | Gayatri Gopichand Pullela | Badminton   | Women's Singles |
|  12 | Samiya Imad Farooqui      | Badminton   | Women's Singles |

|   13 | Aakarshi Kashyap            | Badminton   | Women's Singles   |
|------|-----------------------------|-------------|-------------------|
|   14 | Malvika Bansod              | Badminton   | Women's Singles   |
|   15 | Ashmita Chaliha             | Badminton   | Women's Singles   |
|   16 | Ishaan Bhatnagar            | Badminton   | Men's Doubles     |
|   17 | Vishnuvardhan Goud P        | Badminton   | Men's Doubles     |
|   18 | Krishna Prasad G.           | Badminton   | Men's Doubles     |
|   19 | Dhruv Kapila                | Badminton   | Men's Doubles     |
|   20 | M.R. ARJUN                  | Badminton   | Men's Doubles     |
|   21 | Aditi BHATT                 | Badminton   | Women's Doubles   |
|   22 | Tanisha CRASTO              | Badminton   | Women's Doubles   |
|   23 | Treesa Jolly                | Badminton   | Women's Doubles   |
|   24 | Ashwini Bhat K.             | Badminton   | Women's Doubles   |
|   25 | Rutaparna Panda             | Badminton   | Women's Doubles   |
|   26 | Shikha Gautam               | Badminton   | Women's Doubles   |
|   27 | Sai Pratheek Krishna Prasad | Badminton   | Mixed Doubles     |

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