The Sports Authority of India (SAI) cleared Dipa Karmakar's participation in the upcoming World Cups at Baku and Doha respectively, but asked the gymnastics federation to conduct trials for men.

In a letter copied to the Gymanastic Federation of India (GFI), SAI approved Dipa and her personal coach Bisweswar Nandi's participation at FIG World Cups in Baku and Doha respectively. The GFI had registered Dipa for the back-to-back World Cups to be held from March 14-17 and March 20-23 at Azerbaijan and Qatar respectively but clearance was pending with the event beginning in less than two weeks time.