Team Goemkarponn
PANAJI: The Goa Excise Management Portal and its associated online services will remain temporarily unavailable for four days from October 23 to October 27 due to migration to the Google Cloud Platform and maintenance, according to a circular issued by the Office of the Commissioner of Excise.
The circular, dated October 14, states that the portal and associated excise applications are currently hosted on the NIC Goa Mini-Cloud and are being migrated to the Google Cloud Platform as part of the government’s migration initiative.
As per the schedule, the services will be inaccessible from **6 pm on October 23, 2026, to 6 pm on October 27, 2026**. During this period, users will not be able to access the portal or its associated online services.
The department has directed all Excise Inspectors of Excise Stations, along with Excise Inspectors, Superintendents and officers in charge of units, to take note of the schedule and plan their official work accordingly.
The circular advises officials to complete any pending urgent online work relating to permits, applications and other portal-based services in advance, wherever possible, to avoid inconvenience during the downtime.
The department has also instructed officials to bring the circular to the notice of concerned licensees and units under their respective jurisdictions, wherever necessary, so that they can plan their portal-related activities accordingly.
The circular was issued with the approval of the Commissioner of Excise and signed by Sanket S. Sakhardande, Assistant Commissioner of Excise-II.
Users and licensees dealing with excise-related online services have been advised to plan their work around the scheduled outage.
