The environment state minister announced that no non-government organization (NGO) has received funding from the Climate Change Trust Fund. While 53 NGOs have been approved in principle by the technical committee, the final decision has not been made yet. A report in a national daily stated that 53 NGOs would receive Tk 213.4 million from the fund, but the minister emphasized that the technical committee's decision would undergo further scrutiny. Following an inter-ministerial meeting, the junior minister revealed that Tk 5.48 billion had been distributed 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. He also noted that the majority of the 4,000 NGOs seeking funding lack experience in climate change mitigation.