<h1>Cabinet approves reserve forest notification, transgender backward class status, and 900 MW pumped storage project</h1> The state cabinet approved notifying two waterbodies in a district as proposed reserve forest under forest regulations to maintain ecological balance. A scheme was approved to facilitate transportation of bodies of residents who die while working or studying in other states, excluding medical treatment deaths. The cabinet declared transgenders as socially and educationally backward class and approved a 900 MW pumped storage project worth significant investment. Additional approvals included creating a development council for a tribal community, filling supervisor posts from experienced workers, enhancing honorarium for scheme helpers, providing incremental benefits to newly appointed teachers, establishing mineral exploration trust rules, and creating an industrial growth fund for renewable energy and priority sectors.