How do you select a contractor without issuing a tender? A private company does not have any such issue doing so, but a State Government or Central Government body has to follow mandated procedures. Then how does the government manage to allot and award contracts to companies that will surely deliver without having to issue tenders? The Motera stadium was awarded to L&T by the Gujarat Cricket Association, whose President was Amit Shah, and they wanted it to be ready with a seating capacity of 1,32,000, which would make it bigger than the Melbourne Cricket Ground, holding 1,00,024, making it the world’s biggest in capacity. Built at a cost of Rs 800 crores within five years, it was first opened to the public in 2020 amid the Namaste Trump event, organized for President of the United States Donald Trump, a critical event. Similarly, the Ram Temple contract was awarded to L&T and Tata Consulting Engineers by the Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra, a trust set up in 2020. The criticality of completing the land acquisition and then the construction so that it met the deadline of January 2024 and completed it with its magnificence, probably was a key consideration over the cost. The construction of the Ram Mandir will be completed by December 2024. Right now, only the ground floor has been built. Work on the other two floors was resumed after the Pran Pratishtha ceremony. So, when quality and criticality are of utmost importance, an autonomous body is a great vehicle to grant contracts and move the project at great speed.