Visakhapatnam, Nov. 12 -- The Andhra Pradesh government will enact an 'Investors Protection Act' aimed at safeguarding investors' interests in the state, announced Minister Nara Lokesh at the 31st Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Partnership Summit on Thursday.

Addressing the inaugural session in Visakhapatnam, the state's Information Technology Minister said the government is actively considering the proposed legislation and has requested

Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal to facilitate policy clearance and implementation at the national level.

"Second is our investor protection act. Lot of the investors have asked this to me. We are the state that's now actively considering it. We will enact it," Lokesh said, add...