India confronts a challenge balancing the DPDP Act with the RTI Act, weighing individual privacy against state surveillance and transparency. Key issues include facial recognition at protests and amendments to RTI Section 8(1)(j), which eliminates the "larger public interest" exception. The author proposes judicial refinement and delegated rules to reconcile law enforcement's needs with fundamental rights and public information with personal data exemptions. This seeks a calibrated equilibrium between technological utility, democratic transparency, and privacy rights, ensuring public order while preserving essential freedoms.