Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who often supports various social causes, says that economic empowerment of women is a national agenda. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was addressing 31st Women Entrepreneur's Exhibition organized by Indian Merchants Chamber's (IMC) ladies wing along with Minister of Textiles Smirti Irani and member of the Rajya Sabha Poonam Mahajan along with Rashmi Thackrey, Sonu Nigam, Ronit Roy, Juhi Chawla, Amrita Raichand and Shabana Azmi on Wednesday in Mumbai.

Speaking about the importance of economic empowerment of women in the country, Aishwarya said: "Economic empowerment of women is a national agenda, and by supporting this exhibition, I have the honour in supporting the economic empowerment of our women.