CHIRAG (CHILD HELPLINE FOR INFORMATION ON THEIR RIGHTS AND TO ADDRESS THEIR GRIEVANCES ).
The Maharashtra State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has been set up in July, 2007 as a statutory body under Commission for Protection of Child Rights Act 2005 (4 of 2006) to protect, promote and defend child rights in the state. In the act, a child has been defined as a human being below the age of eighteen years. Child Rights as per Section 2 (b) of the Act includes the rights provided under the CRC. The major standards for children prescribed in the .