Organic Law on Administrative Management of Capital, Provinces, Municipalities, Districts and Khans (2008).

The law defines administrative management arrangements in subnational administrations in line with democratic and unified administration within a unified state, as provided by deconcentration and decentralization arrangements.
The National Committee for Democratic Development (NCDD) shall be established. The NCDD shall establish subcommittees on functions and resources, fiscal and financial affairs, and personnel of subnational administrations. In the context of democratic development, councils at all levels (capital, provincial, municipal, district, and khan councils) shall effectively manage functions transferred to them. In reviewing functions for transfer from ministries, the NCDD shall give priority to issues relating to the following sectors: (i) agriculture; (ii) education; (iii) forestry, natural resources, and environment; (iv) health, nutrition, and services, including the needs of men, women, children, youth, vulnerable groups, and indigenous people; (v) industry and support to economic development; (vi) land use; (vii) electricity production and distribution; (viii) water management; (ix) infrastructure and facilities; and (x) special needs of particular subnational administrations including on tourism, historical sites, and cultural heritage.
The review of functions to be transferred should take into consideration essential functions that impact poverty reduction and livelihood, and should identify responsibilities to be transferred to specific tiers of government and those that can reside with the central government.