New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- India needs to grow around 8 per cent for a decade or two to achieve its Viksit Bharat dreams, the Economic Survey has asserted, at a time when the country's growth showed weak progress in the first two quarters of the current financial year.

India aims to become a developed nation by 2047 when the country celebrates its 100th year of Independence.

To realise its economic aspirations of becoming Viksit Bharat by the time of the centenary of independence, India needs to achieve a growth rate of around 8 per cent at constant prices, on average, for about a decade or two, the State of the Economy report tabled in the Parliament by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said.

"While the desirability of this growth rate i...