The environment state minister stated that no non-government organisation (NGO) has received funding from the Climate Change Trust Fund. He mentioned that while 53 NGOs have been approved in principle by the technical committee, the final decision is pending. This information was in response to a report in a national daily claiming that 53 NGOs would receive Tk 213.4 million from the fund. The minister explained that the technical committee's decision will be carefully reviewed. Following an inter-ministerial meeting, the junior minister revealed that Tk 5.48 billion has been allocated from the fund for 48 projects. He mentioned that the remaining Tk 2 billion will be distributed by the end of the year. Out of this fund, 1.2 percent will be given to NGOs. He also noted that the majority of the 4,000 NGOs seeking the fund do not have any previous experience in climate change mitigation.