AMID the scarcity of new currency after the demonetization of old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes with effect from November 8, the Centre has placed an IAS officer — Praveen Garg of Madhya Pradesh cadre — on the hot seat of Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India (SPMCIL), the government-owned agency that’s responsible for the production of bank notes, coins, non–judicial stamps, postage stamps etc. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), in a decision on Wednesday, assigned…