India, Aug. 3 -- Nearly 13,000 beneficiaries of the senior citizen pension scheme had incomplete residential addresses, and 48 of them had no address, according to findings from an evaluation study conducted by the Delhi government.

Under the scheme, beneficiaries aged between 60 and 69 years receive a monthly pension of Rs.2,000, while those aged 70 and above receive Rs.2,500 per month. There are around 4,36,000 beneficiaries.

An official on Sunday said the Delhi government hired a third-party agency to conduct an evaluation study of the scheme to understand how it has improved the quality of life of the elderly and how they are utilising the financial aid. The agency officials visited 2,500 randomly selected households to assess the s...