The environment state minister stated that no NGO has received funding from the Climate Change Trust Fund yet, despite 53 NGOs being approved in principle by the technical committee. The decision is not yet finalized and will be further reviewed. A national daily reported that the 53 NGOs would receive Tk 213.4 million from the fund. The minister mentioned that the technical committee's decision will be carefully examined. Following an inter-ministerial meeting at his ministry, the junior minister informed reporters that a total of Tk 5.48 billion has been disbursed from the fund for 48 projects. He stated that the remaining Tk 2 billion will be distributed within the year. He mentioned that 1.2 percent of the fund will be allocated to NGOs, noting that the majority of the 4,000 NGOs seeking funding lack experience in climate change mitigation.