I support the merit source application of @TheUltraElite and can vouch for him, having been on the forum for a considerable time myself.
As a member of the same local board, I can confirm that things have been challenging for the Indian Bitcointalk users recently. The primary reason for the lack of activity on our local board is the Indian government's skeptical stance on crypto and the heavy taxes it imposes, which discourages people from using crypto.
Language is also an issue as we speak different regional languages and so we prefer to write our posts in English so that every Indian user can know of what we are trying to say. Since English is the primary language of the forum, people prefer posting on global boards for a wider audience and obviously to get more exposure to merits.
We have tried to address this by organizing activities, challenges, posting regularly and encouraging other Indian users to contribute useful posts. However, the lack of a merit source still remains a significant problem.
I'm not a merit source, but still I have quite a few smerits in my account which I will try to distribute when I have time 
The position has become difficult to handle and a few members were threatening me to distribute merits in our local. Hence, I have retired from the position 
Why edited the response out? Let people at Meta know what was happening behind. Who was threatening him for merit...
Good that you brought up this. Having been from the same local board I have known Heisenberg_Hunter for quite some time and I can say that he is a gem of a person. He used to merit the posts which were merit worthy and always encouraged the Indian users towards crypto. He also took the initiative of hosting Raffles especially for the Indian users to bring in more traction. All I can say is he did well as a merit source and I hope that @TheUltraElite gets the merit source position too and lives up to the level as well.
After all, all we want is to get more people to be aware of crypto, encourage them towards using it securely and reach to a better place in terms of financial well being.