A new web portal has been launched for online submission and monitoring of environmental approvals for mining of sand and minor minerals. Launching the web portal in New Delhi today, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said, the web portal will lead to the empowerment of the project proponent, as it not only enhances transparency of the entire application process, but also enables the proponents to track their applications online. <br/><br/>Terming it a revolutionary measure, the Minister said that the web portal is a district-level, web-based and role-based workflow application for online submission and monitoring of proposals. The web-based application automates the entire tracking of proposals, which includes online submissions of a new proposal, editing and updating the details of proposals at each stage of the work flow.