Hima is yet to qualify for the postponed Tokyo Olympics and the international season has been suspended till November 30 due to the global health crisis.
SAI said the full-intensity training of Indian shooters will start in a phased manner.
India sent a 117-member contingent at the 2016 Rio Games and 83 competitors to London in 2012.
Paes had announced that 2020 would be his last season and Tokyo Games was expected to be his swansong event but the COVID-19 pandemic upset his plans.
With the Tokyo Olympics scheduled for next year now, Savita added that her experience of playing in the Rio Olympics in 2016 will help her better her individual performances.
Estimates in Japan say the delay alone could cost $2 billion to $6 billion, most of which will be absorbed by Japanese taxpayers.
The singles event, both men and women, will have a draw of 64, with 56 direct entries, based on the rankings on June 7.
IOC Coordination Commission Chairman Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant said that he is confident that the event will start on July 23 next year and that it is impossible to postpone an event of this scale more than once.
Earlier, Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko said on Thursday that discussions are underway to streamline the Olympics and Paralympics.
The Indian team sealed a second consecutive berth in the now postponed Tokyo Olympics after beating USA 6-5 on aggregate in November.
John Coates, chairman of the International Olympic Committee Coordination Commission, said last week that October will be a critical period for assessing if the Olympics can take place.
With the Tokyo Games postponed due to the global health crisis, the governing body of badminton has decided to extend the Olympic qualification period to next year.
According to the ISSF, quotas that are supposed to be allocated at the 2020 European Championship Shotgun in Chateauroux, France, and the European Olympic Qualification Championship
The remarks came two days after IOC President Thomas Bach said in an interview with the BBC that the Tokyo Olympics will be cancelled if it is not possible to hold it in 2021.
Mary became the first female boxer from India to win an Olympic medal when she won a bronze at London 2012.
Dutee not only spoke about returning to the tracks, but also highlighted how there is a sense of caution everywhere. She says that everyone wants to be alert and not commit a mistake.
The COVID-19 pandemic had brought the sporting world to a standstill with almost all events across the globe getting cancelled or postponed, including the Tokyo Olympics.
Tokyo spokesman Masa Takaya said in an online news conference on Tuesday that organizers had requested the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan “take down” the image.
Last month, the IOC set June 29, 2021, as the new deadline for the qualification period of the Tokyo Olympics, which has been rescheduled to next year in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
Almost two months after the Tokyo Olympics were postponed, organizing committee CEO Toshiro Muto said Friday he still could not give an estimate of how much the one-year delay will cost.
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