According to Leela Mehendale, member secretary, CRPC, “After Goa, Maharashtra is the first state to have implemented the Baal Hakka Aayog in the state. As part of the process of establishing a dialogue between various organisations in the state working for children and the government body, we thought of starting a newsletter dedicated primarily to children, child rights and their issues. In simple words, our motto says- Advocating opinions of children."

A tri-monthly to begin with, the first issue of Balwarta for the months November to January included the programmes conducted by the council for underprivileged children, the failures as well as successes of the programmes and so on. "The circulation of the first issue was over 2000 copies across Maharashtra, but looking at the response, we are planning to increase the number to 6000 for the January to March issue," added Mehendale. Currently, the newsletter consists of eight pages and according to Mehendale, “Our target readers are orphanages, child relief organisations, commoners and all those agencies that have been dealing with issues related to children."