New Delhi, Dec. 6 -- Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday that a complete overhaul of the customs system would be her next major assignment as part of broader efforts to reform the economy.

Speaking at the HT Leadership Summit organised by a media house, Sitharman emphasised the need to simplify customs rules, adding that we "need to make them more transparent."

Union Finance Minister said, "There are quite a few things to do but what's on the card and it's not a secret that I'm letting out before the budget but is the complete overall of the customs area. We need to have customs a lot more simplified for people to feel that it is not too tiresome, cumbersome for them to comply with the expectati...