Indian Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and US Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm, have agreed to revamp India-US Strategic Energy Partnership. Pradhan on 29th March held a virtual introductory meeting with Granholm and reviewed the SEP. The two leaders agreed to revamp the India-US SEP to reflect the new priorities of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden with focus on promoting clean energy with low-carbon pathways and accelerating green energy cooperation. During the meeting, they also agreed to prioritize greater collaboration in the cleaner energy sector and joint R&D through Partnership to Advance Clean Energy Research among other initiatives. Besides, both sides agreed to convene the third meeting of a revamped India-US SEP at an early date. They decided to intensify the efforts to take advantage of the complementarities of both the countries - advanced US technologies and rapidly growing India`s energy market - for a win-win situation through a cleaner energy route with low carbon pathways.
Indian Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and US Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm, have agreed to revamp India-US Strategic Energy Partnership. Pradhan on 29th March held a virtual introductory meeting with Granholm and reviewed the SEP. The two leaders agreed to revamp the India-US SEP to reflect the new priorities of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden with focus on promoting clean energy with low-carbon pathways and accelerating green energy cooperation. During the meeting, they also agreed to prioritize greater collaboration in the cleaner energy sector and joint R&D through Partnership to Advance Clean Energy Research among other initiatives. Besides, both sides agreed to convene the third meeting of a revamped India-US SEP at an early date. They decided to intensify the efforts to take advantage of the complementarities of both the countries - advanced US technologies and rapidly growing India`s energy market - for a win-win situation through a cleaner energy route with low carbon pathways.
