Mumbai, June 3 -- United States Ambassador to India Sergio Gor on Wednesday met Department of Atomic Energy Secretary Dr Ajit Kumar Mohanty and congratulated him on the enactment of the Shanti Act.

In a post on X, he said that India is one of the consequential partners of the US in the energy sector cooperation.

"The United States is charting the future of energy security, and India is one of our consequential partners. I met Dr. Ajit Kumar Mohanty, Secretary of India's Department of Atomic Energy, congratulating him on the passage of the SHANTI Act," he said in a post on X.

The SHANTI Act, which received the assent of President Droupadi Murmu in December last year, allows private sector participation for setting up a nuclear facility,...