New Delhi, July 22 -- The Delhi government will conduct a comprehensive review of all welfare pension schemes in the city to ensure that only genuinely deserving individuals receive benefits, chief minister Rekha Gupta said on Monday.

Chairing a review meeting at the Delhi Secretariat with senior officials from the Department of Social Welfare and the Department for the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Gupta flagged irregularities in how benefits were being disbursed-particularly to women. She blamed the previous government for lapses that allowed thousands of ineligible individuals to receive benefits meant for the economically and socially disadvantaged.

"Our aim is to establish a robust, inclusive, and sensitive supp...