new delhi days ahead of the visit of us secretary of state colin powell washington has taken the unusual step of revoking orders asking nonessential us personnel to leave india mondays decision was taken well ahead of a scheduled review of the orderthe us had ordered the authorised departure of its nonessential personnel from india on june 5 citing indopakistan tensionsan announcement by the us state department issued through the american embassy here on monday said tensions have subsided between india and pakistan although the risk of renewed increased tensions cannot be ruled outin its announcement the us state department allowed the return of us government personnel who will also be allowed to travel freely in india on official business saying tension had further subsidedthe travel advisory for us citizens last reviewed on june 26 has also been modified it now only urges americans to avoid travelling to border areas between india and pakistanthe step is being viewed as a departure from normal practice as the advisory on authorised departure was to come up for a review only on july 30 after an earlier review on june 30 had decided to keep it in placewhile the advisory has noted that the risk of renewed increased tension cannot be ruled out sources said the decision to allow personnel to return reflected a high level of confidence in the us administration that the danger of a war was no more therethe us does not revoke its advisories on personnel easily since they cannot be sent back and forth with every change in the situation the sources saidthe advisory notes a return to normalcy in most aspects of public and economic life in india while pointing that the military mobilisation remains in place along the line of controlon americans travelling to india the state department has recommended that they monitor the media for existing conditions and obtain updated security information from the embassy or the nearest consulatein june the advisory had asked citizens to defer all but essential travel to india