... thanks to govt and NGOs, their kids remain malnutritioned. Its not just about food.
Way back I was told that it was really a manner in which some form of population control can be exercised through seemingly bureaucratic "neglect" and "omission". Certain neighborly state carried out population control by "commission" with methods that were far from ideal (that said state in fact copied it from Indira's not-so-successful efforts by "commission" in the 1970s) .
The current objective through "omission", as I was told, was not meant to perpetuate a condition of misery on those who are affected. Rather, the hope is that when those dependent on government "hand-outs" grow educated and self-sufficient ... and with the usual empowerment of women and the fulfillment of other pro-development conditions, would then exercise "self-control" in population growth.
But to break this perceived "vicious cycle" initially, a "creative", but passive solution compatible with, well you know, democracy, was needed.
Hence certain "anomalies" ...