The rise in oil prices may be due to external factors (growing demand, controlled production, and more importantly speculative trading etc) for which man mohan has no control-AGREED But, what prevented the SUPER GREAT ECONOMIST/IDIOT from stopping Speculative trading in essential commodities like Wheat, rice,Sugar, Pulses and almost everthing in our country. What is this idiot doing? Is this not the most important thing to him than anything else??/