Not everything in India is decided by the State you know! We have got something called private companies. One of the chief private power company that imported Chinese power plants was Reliance power. The reason they did so was:
a. Chinese power plants are CHEAP
b. Chinese were the only ones who were willing to give a loan, that too CHEAP, to Reliance power!
I think Chinese have been very kind in giving Anil Ambani led companies some cheap loan!
You might have been led to believe that Chinese power plants "saved Indian ass". Nothing could be further from the truth. Also, I assure you, Chinese power plants, or for that matter, machinery in general, don't seem to work with the same efficiency as they do within China!