| Five Year Plan | No.of centres | Scientific | Technical | Others | Total |
| IV (1972-73) | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 19 |
| V (1974-79) | 6 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 26 |
| VI (1980-85) | 9 | 23 | 29 | 3 | 57 |
| VII (1985-90) | 9 | 29 | 39 | 10 | 78 |
| VIII (1990-97) | 9 | 27 | 36 | 9 | 72 |
| IX (1997-’02) | 7 | 22 | 29 | 4 | 55 |
| X (2002-07) | 7 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 50 |
| XI (2007-12) | 8 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 50 |
| XII(2012-17) | 8 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 50 |
2017-18
| Centre | Scientific | Technical | Admn. and Supporting | Total | ||||
| S | V | S | V | S | V | S | V | |
| Akola | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 4 | 1 | ||
| Annigeri | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | |
| Indore | 2 | 2 | – | 4 | ||||
| Parbhani | 3 | 3 | – | 6 | ||||
| Phaltan | 4 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||
| Raipur | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | ||
| Solapur | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 |
| Tandur | 3 | 3 | 3 | – | 6 | 3 | ||
| Total | 24 | 24 | 2 | 50 | ||||
S- Sanctioned, F- Filled, V- Vacant
| Centre | Scientific | Technical | Total |
| Annigeri | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Indore | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Parbhani | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Phaltan | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Raipur | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Solapur | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Tandur | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Total | 22 | 17 | 39 |