Kolkata, Feb 18 (Inditop.com) Yoga exponent Swami Ramdev Thursday said economic deprivation is the root cause for the rise of the Maoists.

“Money is extremely important in life…It brings happiness and containment…where there is dearth of money we see problematic elements like Maoists and Naxalites,” he said while addressing 28th National Conference of National Institute of Personnel Management.

Dwelling on the country’s economy, Swami Ramdev said corruption in the system has to be erased to make India the world’s largest economy.

He said by 2011 his yoga school would have 1.1 million classrooms across the country.