According to the environment state minister, no non-government organisation (NGO) has received funding from the Climate Change Trust Fund. Although 53 NGOs have been tentatively approved by the technical committee for disbursement, the final decision has not yet been made. The minister's comments were made in response to a report in a national daily stating that 53 NGOs were set to receive Tk 213.4 million from the fund. He emphasized that the technical committee's decision would undergo thorough review. Following an inter-ministerial meeting at his ministry, the junior minister informed reporters that a total of Tk 5.48 billion had been disbursed from the fund for 48 projects. He stated that the remaining Tk 2 billion will be distributed within the year. He also mentioned that 1.2 percent of the fund will be given to NGOs, pointing out that the majority of the 4,000 NGOs seeking the fund lack experience in climate change mitigation.