Below paragraph proves that muslim children are not malnourished and child mortality among them is less then the hindu child mortality.
The Muslim advantage in mortality is also pervasive across basic social dimensions associated with
mortality (table 2). Muslims have lower mortality than Hindus in four of the six geographic regions,
including the north, central, west, and south regions. In the east, nearly the same percent of Muslim and
Hindu children died (8.05% versus 7.93%). The pattern is reversed inthe sparsely populated Northeast,
where Muslims have significantly higher mortality than Hindus. The pattern also holds by gender. Both
Muslim males have lower mortality than Hindu males and Muslim females havelower mortality than
Hindu females. Muslims living in both urban and rural areas have lower child mortality than their Hindu
counterparts, although this difference is not significant in rural areas. Similarly, among children with
educated mothers, Muslims have lower mortality than Hindus and among those with uneducated mothers
Muslims have lower mortality. For example, among children whose mothers have at least some
schooling 4.16% of Muslim children died compared to 5.35% of Hindu children. Finally, while both
Muslim and Hindu children show the well established U-shaped pattern of mortality associated with birth
order, Muslim children have lower mortality than Hindu children of all birth orders.
http://iussp2009.princeton.edu/papers/92861
India need to impose 2 child policy then only we can overcome this problem, Indian Muslims are biggest culprits of holding back my countries growth by giving birth to more than 5-6 children per couple, so 2 child policy will check fundamental demographics change as well as give our policy planners a breathing space.
And for that 40 B $ remark by some but hurts , I can understand their agony of sleepless nights.