India's literacy rate is rising, thanks in part to a surge in cheap private schools for the poor, but it is still far behind China's.

印度的受教育比例在提高，部分原因是因为服务穷人的廉价私立学校的兴起，但依旧远落后于中国。

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Its decision to press ahead now is part of stepped-up efforts since early last year, including two interest-rate rises, to curb speculation in the property market and show the poor it CARES.

现在推进房产税的决定是自去年早些时候以来的进一步努力的一部分，包括两次利率上调，遏制房市投机以及向贫困群体表示关心。

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Service Corp. blamed its poor earnings in part on a lower-than-expected death rate, for example (see box), although Stewart executives note that it's the number of deaths, not the rate, that drives funeral sales-and deaths in the U.S. were up 1% last year.

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India's literacy rate is rising, thanks in part to a surge in cheap private schools for the poor, but it is still far behind China's.

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