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NAGPUR: Eight years after the project began, the defence ministry has finally given the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) the go-ahead to make 114 Dhanush — the indigenous howitzers designed on the lines of Swedish Bofors . Under this, the army was given six guns for practice use so that the user gets well-versed with the weapon after extensive firing. So far 81% of indigenization has been achieved which is projected to be taken to 91% by end of 2019. This has not happened for other systems including foreign acquisitions.The GCF plans to send the first six guns by end of the current financial year. After the confirmatory evaluation under General Staff Qualitative Requirement (GSQR) norms was completed in January, the OFB received bulk production clearance on Monday..