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                                                               File No. 33-66088
                                                                        811-7878
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933                 [X]

      Pre-Effective Amendment No.                                       [_]


      Post-Effective Amendment No. 11                                   [X]


                                            and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940         [X]


      Amendment No. 11                                                  [X]


                      (Check appropriate box or boxes.)

                      Dreyfus LifeTime Portfolios, Inc.
              (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


            c/o The Dreyfus Corporation
            200 Park Avenue, New York, New York       10166
            (Address of Principal Executive Offices)  (Zip Code)

      Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (212) 922-6000

                             Mark N. Jacobs, Esq.
                                 200 Park Avenue
                           New York, New York 10166
                   (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

       X    immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
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            on     (date)      pursuant to paragraph (b)
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            60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(i)
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            on     (date)      pursuant to paragraph (a)(i)
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            75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii)
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            on     (date)      pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii) of Rule 485
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If appropriate, check the following box:

            this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a
            previously filed post-effective amendment.
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                          DREYFUS LIFETIME PORTFOLIOS, INC.



                                  PART A. PROSPECTUS

ITEMS 1 - 9

     Part A is incorporated by reference to the Part A of Post-Effective
Amendment No. 10 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on January
28, 2000 pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933.




                      PART B. STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

ITEMS 10 - 22

     Part B is incorporated by reference to the Part B of Post-Effective
Amendment No. 10 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on January
28, 2000 pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933.





                             DREYFUS LIFETIME PORTFOLIOS, INC.

                                 PART C. OTHER INFORMATION
                                 -------------------------


Item 23.    Exhibits. - List
- -------     -----------------------------------------

   (a)      Registrant's Articles of Incorporation and Articles of Amendment are
            incorporated by reference to Exhibit (1) of Pre-Effective Amendment
            No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on July 23,
            1993, and Exhibit (1)(b) of Post-Effective Amendment No.4 to the
            Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on March 30, 1995.

   (b)      Registrant's By-Laws are incorporated by reference to Exhibit (b) of
            Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to the Registration Statement on
            Form N-1A, filed on January 28, 2000.

   (d)      Management Agreement is incorporated by reference to Exhibit (5) of
            Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement on Form
            N-1A, filed on March 30, 1995.

   (e)      Distribution Agreement, as amended.

   (g)      Amended and Restated Custody Agreement is incorporated by reference
            to Exhibit 8(a) of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration
            Statement on Form N-1A, filed on July 23, 1993.

   (h)      Shareholder Services Plan is incorporated by reference to
            Exhibit 9 of Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to the Registration
            Statement on Form N-1A, filed on January 12, 1996.

   (i)      Opinion and consent of Registrant's counsel is incorporated by
            reference to Exhibit (10) of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the
            Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on July 23, 1993.

   (j)      Consent of Independent Auditors is incorporated by reference to
            Exhibit (j) of Post Effective Amendment No. 10 to the Registration
            Statement on Form N-1A, filed on January 28, 2000.

   (n)      Rule 18f-3 Plan, as amended is incorporated by reference to Exhibit
            (n) of Post Effective Amendment No. 10 to the Registration Statement
            on Form N-1A, filed on January 28, 2000s.




Item 23.    Exhibits. - List (continued)
- -------     -----------------------------------------

            Other Exhibits
            --------------

   (a)      Power of Attorney is incorporated by reference to Other Exhibits
            (a) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to the registration
            statement on Form N-1A filed on January 28, 2000.

   (b)      Certificate of Secretary is incorporated by reference to Other
            Exhibits (b) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to the registration
            statement on Form N-1A filed on January 28, 2000.

Item 24.    Persons Controlled by or under Common Control with Registrant.
- -------     --------------------------------------------------------------

            Not Applicable


Item 25.    Indemnification
- -------     ---------------


               Reference is made to Article SEVENTH of the Registrant's Articles
          of   Incorporation   incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  (1)  of
          Pre-Effective  Amendment  No. 1 and Exhibit  (1)(b) of  Post-Effective
          Amendment No. 4 to the  Registration  Statement on Form N-1A, filed on
          July 23rd, 1993 and March 30, 1995, respectively,  Article VIII of the
          Registant's  By-Laws  incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  (b) of
          Post-Effective  Amendment No. 10 to the Registration Statement on Form
          N-1A, filed on January 28, 2000, and to Section 2- 418 of the Maryland
          General Corporation Law.

               The application of these provisions is limited by Article VIII of
          the Registrant's By-Laws and by the following undertaking set forth in
          the rules  promulgated  by the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission:
          Insofar  as   indemnification   for  liabilities   arising  under  the
          Securities  Act of 1933 may be  permitted to  directors,  officers and
          controlling  persons  of the  registrant  pursuant  to  the  foregoing
          provisions,  or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the
          opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification
          is against  public policy as expressed in such Act and is,  therefore,
          unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification  against
          such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
          incurred or paid by a director,  officer or controlling  person of the
          registrant  in  the  successful   defense  of  any  action,   suit  or
          proceeding)  is  asserted  by such  director,  officer or  controlling
          person  in  connection  with  the  securities  being  registered,  the
          registrant  will,  unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
          been  settled  by  controlling   precedent,   submit  to  a  court  of
          appropriate  jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by
          it is  against  public  policy  as  expressed  in such Act and will be
          governed by the final adjudication of such issue.



            Reference also is made to the Amended Distribution Agreement
            filed herewith as Exhibit (e).

Item 26.    Business and Other Connections of the Investment Adviser.
- -------     ----------------------------------------------------

            The Dreyfus Corporation ("Dreyfus") and subsidiary companies
            comprise a financial service organization whose business consists
            primarily of providing investment management services as the
            investment adviser, manager and distributor for sponsored investment
            companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and as
            an investment adviser to institutional and individual accounts.
            Dreyfus also serves as sub-investment adviser to and/or
            administrator of other investment companies. Dreyfus Service
            Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dreyfus, serves primarily
            as a registered broker-dealer of shares of investment companies
            sponsored by Dreyfus and of other investment companies for which
            Dreyfus acts as investment adviser, sub-investment adviser or
            administrator. Dreyfus Investment Advisors, Inc., another
            wholly-owned subsidiary, provides investment management services to
            various pension plans, institutions and individuals.


<TABLE>

ITEM 26           Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser (continued)

                  Officers and Directors of Investment Adviser

Name and Position
With Dreyfus                       Other Businesses                      Position Held              Dates
<S>                                <C>                                   <C>                        <C>
Christopher M. Condron             Franklin Portfolio Associates, LLC*   Director                   1/97 - Present
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer            TBCAM Holdings, Inc.*                 Director                   10/97 - Present
                                                                         President                  10/97 - 6/98
                                                                         Chairman                   10/97 - 6/98

                                   The Boston Company                    Director                   1/98 - Present
                                   Asset Management, LLC*                Chairman                   1/98 - 6/98
                                                                         President                  1/98 - 6/98

                                   The Boston Company                    President                  9/95 - 1/98
                                   Asset Management, Inc.*               Chairman                   4/95 - 1/98
                                                                         Director                   4/95 - 1/98

                                   Franklin Portfolio Holdings, Inc.*    Director                   1/97 - Present


                                   Certus Asset Advisors Corp.**         Director                   6/95 -Present

                                   Mellon Capital Management             Director                   5/95 -Present
                                   Corporation***

                                   Mellon Bond Associates, LLP+          Executive Committee        1/98 - Present
                                                                         Member

                                   Mellon Bond Associates+               Trustee                    5/95 -1/98

                                   Mellon Equity Associates, LLP+        Executive Committee        1/98 - Present
                                                                         Member

                                   Mellon Equity Associates+             Trustee                    5/95 - 1/98

                                   Boston Safe Advisors, Inc. *          Director                   5/95 - Present
                                                                         President                  5/95 - Present

                                   Mellon Bank, N.A. +                   Director                   1/99 - Present
                                                                         Chief Operating Officer    3/98 - Present
                                                                         President                  3/98 - Present
                                                                         Vice Chairman              11/94 - 3/98

                                   Mellon Financial Corporation+         Chief Operating Officer    1/99 - Present
                                                                         President                  1/99 - Present
                                                                         Director                   1/98 - Present
                                                                         Vice Chairman              11/94 - 1/99
Christopher M. Condron             The Boston Company, Inc.*             Vice Chairman              1/94 - Present
Chairman and Chief Executive                                             Director                   5/93 - Present
Officer
(Continued)                        Laurel Capital Advisors, LLP+         Exec. Committee            1/98 - 8/98
                                                                         Member

                                   Laurel Capital Advisors+              Trustee                    10/93 - 1/98


                                   Boston Safe Deposit and Trust         Director                   5/93 -Present
                                   Company*

                                   The Boston Company Financial          President                  6/89 - Present
                                   Strategies, Inc. *                    Director                   6/89 - Present


Mandell L. Berman                  Self-Employed                         Real Estate Consultant,    11/74 -  Present
Director                           29100 Northwestern Highway            Residential Builder and
                                   Suite 370                             Private Investor
                                   Southfield, MI 48034

Burton C. Borgelt                  DeVlieg Bullard, Inc.                 Director                   1/93 - Present
Director                           1 Gorham Island
                                   Westport, CT 06880

                                   Mellon Financial Corporation+         Director                   6/91 - Present

                                   Mellon Bank, N.A. +                   Director                   6/91 - Present

                                   Dentsply International, Inc.          Director                   2/81 - Present
                                   570 West College Avenue
                                   York, PA

                                   Quill Corporation                     Director                   3/93 - Present
                                   Lincolnshire, IL

Stephen R. Byers                   Gruntal & Co., LLC                    Executive Vice President   5/97 - 1/00
                                   New York, NY                          Partner                    5/97 - 1/00
                                                                         Executive Committee        5/97 - 1/00
                                                                         Member
                                                                         Board of Directors         5/97 - 1/00
                                                                         Member
                                                                         Treasurers                 5/97 - 1/00
                                                                         Chief Financial Officer    5/97 - 6/99

Stephen E. Canter                  Dreyfus Investment                    Chairman of the Board      1/97 - Present
President, Chief Operating         Advisors, Inc.++                      Director                   5/95 - Present
Officer, Chief Investment                                                President                  5/95 - Present
Officer, and Director
                                   Newton Management Limited             Director                   2/99 - Present
                                   London, England

                                   Mellon Bond Associates, LLP+          Executive Committee        1/99 - Present
                                                                         Member

                                   Mellon Equity Associates, LLP+        Executive Committee        1/99 - Present
                                                                         Member

                                   Franklin Portfolio Associates, LLC*   Director                   2/99 - Present

                                   Franklin Portfolio Holdings, Inc.*    Director                   2/99 - Present

                                   The Boston Company Asset              Director                   2/99 - Present
                                   Management, LLC*

Stephen E. Canter                  TBCAM Holdings, Inc.*                 Director                   2/99 - Present
President, Chief Operating
Officer, Chief Investment          Mellon Capital Management             Director                   1/99 - Present
Officer, and Director              Corporation***
(Continued)


                                   Founders Asset Management, LLC****    Member, Board of           12/97 - Present
                                                                         Managers
                                                                         Acting Chief Executive     7/98 - 12/98
                                                                         Officer

                                   The Dreyfus Trust Company+++          Director                   6/95 - Present
                                                                         Chairman                   1/99 - Present
                                                                         President                  1/99 - Present
                                                                         Chief Executive Officer    1/99 - Present

Thomas F. Eggers                   Dreyfus Service Corporation++         Executive Vice President   4/96 - Present
Vice Chairman - Institutional                                            Director                   9/96 - Present
and Director
                                   Founders Asset Management, LLC****    Member, Board of Managers  2/99 - Present

                                   Dreyfus Investment Advisors, Inc.     Director                   1/00 - Present


                                   Dreyfus Service Organization++        Director                   3/99 - Present

                                   Dreyfus Insurance Agency of           Director                   3/99 - Present
                                   Massachusetts, Inc. +++

                                   Dreyfus Brokerage Services, Inc.      Director                   11/97 - 6/98
                                   401 North Maple Avenue
                                   Beverly Hills, CA.

Steven G. Elliott                  Mellon Financial Corporation+         Senior Vice Chairman       1/99 - Present
Director                                                                 Chief Financial Officer    1/90 - Present
                                                                         Vice Chairman              6/92 - 1/99
                                                                         Treasurer                  1/90 - 5/98

                                   Mellon Bank, N.A.+                    Senior Vice Chairman       3/98 - Present
                                                                         Vice Chairman              6/92 - 3/98
                                                                         Chief Financial Officer    1/90 - Present

                                   Mellon EFT Services Corporation       Director                   10/98 - Present
                                   Mellon Bank Center, 8th Floor
                                   1735 Market Street
                                   Philadelphia, PA 19103

                                   Mellon Financial Services             Director                   1/96 - Present
                                   Corporation #1                        Vice President             1/96 - Present
                                   Mellon Bank Center, 8th Floor
                                   1735 Market Street
                                   Philadelphia, PA 19103

                                   Boston Group Holdings, Inc.*          Vice President             5/93 - Present

                                   APT Holdings Corporation              Treasurer                  12/87 - Present
                                   Pike Creek Operations Center
                                   4500 New Linden Hill Road
                                   Wilmington, DE 19808

                                   Allomon Corporation                   Director                   12/87 - Present
                                   Two Mellon Bank Center
                                   Pittsburgh, PA 15259

Steven G. Elliott                  Collection Services Corporation       Controller                 10/90 - 2/99
Director (Continued)               500 Grant Street                      Director                   9/88 - 2/99
                                   Pittsburgh, PA 15258                  Vice President             9/88 - 2/99
                                                                         Treasurer                  9/88 - 2/99




                                   Mellon Financial Company+             Principal Exec. Officer    1/88 - Present
                                                                         Chief Executive Officer    8/87 - Present
                                                                         Director                   8/87 - Present
                                                                         President                  8/87 - Present

                                   Mellon Overseas Investments           Director                   4/88 - Present
                                   Corporation+


                                   Mellon Financial Services             Treasurer                  12/87 - Present
                                   Corporation +

                                   Mellon Financial Markets, Inc.+       Director                   1/99 - Present

                                   Mellon Financial Services             Director                   1/99 - Present
                                   Corporation #17
                                   Fort Lee, NJ

                                   Mellon Mortgage Company               Director                   1/99 - Present
                                   Houston, TX

                                   Mellon Ventures, Inc. +               Director                   1/99 - Present

Lawrence S. Kash                   Dreyfus Investment                    Director                   4/97 - 12/99
Vice Chairman                      Advisors, Inc.++

                                   Dreyfus Brokerage Services, Inc.      Chairman                   11/97 - 2/99
                                   401 North Maple Ave.                  Chief Executive Officer    11/97 - 2/98
                                   Beverly Hills, CA

                                   Dreyfus Service Corporation++         Director                   1/95 - 2/99
                                                                         President                  9/96 - 3/99

                                   Dreyfus Precious Metals, Inc.+++      Director                   3/96 - 12/98
                                                                         President                  10/96 - 12/98

                                   Dreyfus Service                       Director                   12/94 - 3/99
                                   Organization, Inc.++                  President                  1/97 -  3/99

                                   Seven Six Seven Agency, Inc. ++       Director                   1/97 - 4/99

                                   Dreyfus Insurance Agency of           Chairman                   5/97 - 3/99
                                   Massachusetts, Inc.++++               President                  5/97 - 3/99
                                                                         Director                   5/97 - 3/99

                                   The Dreyfus Trust Company+++          Chairman                   1/97 - 1/99
                                                                         President                  2/97 - 1/99
                                                                         Chief Executive Officer    2/97 - 1/99
                                                                         Director                   12/94 - Present

                                   The Dreyfus Consumer Credit           Chairman                   5/97 - 6/99
                                   Corporation++                         President                  5/97 - 6/99
                                                                         Director                   12/94 - 6/99

Lawrence S. Kash                   Founders Asset Management, LLC****    Member, Board of Managers  12/97 - Present
Vice Chairman (Continued)
                                   The Boston Company Advisors,          Chairman                   12/95 - 1/99
                                   Inc.                                  Chief Executive Officer    12/95 - 1/99
                                   Wilmington, DE                        President                  12/95 - 1/99

                                   The Boston Company, Inc.*             Director                   5/93 - Present
                                                                         President                  5/93 -Present

                                   Mellon Bank, N.A.+                    Executive Vice President   6/92 - Present

                                   Laurel Capital Advisors, LLP+         Chairman                   1/98 - 8/98
                                                                         Executive Committee        1/98 - 8/98
                                                                         Member
                                                                         Chief Executive Officer    1/98 - 8/98
                                                                         President                  1/98 - 8/98


                                   Laurel Capital Advisors, Inc. +       Trustee                    12/91 - 1/98
                                                                         Chairman                   9/93 - 1/98
                                                                         President and CEO          12/91 - 1/98

                                   Boston Group Holdings, Inc.*          Director                   5/93 - Present
                                                                         President                  5/93 - Present

Martin G. McGuinn                  Mellon Financial Corporation+         Chairman                   1/99 - Present
Director                                                                 Chief Executive Officer    1/99 - Present
                                                                         Director                   1/98 - Present
                                                                         Vice Chairman              1/90 - 1/99

                                   Mellon Bank, N. A. +                  Chairman                   3/98 - Present
                                                                         Chief Executive Officer    3/98 - Present
                                                                         Director                   1/98 - Present
                                                                         Vice Chairman              1/90 - 3/98

                                   Mellon Leasing Corporation+           Vice Chairman              12/96 - Present

                                   Mellon Bank (DE) National             Director                   4/89 - 12/98
                                   Association
                                   Wilmington, DE

                                   Mellon Bank (MD) National             Director                   1/96 - 4/98
                                   Association
                                   Rockville, Maryland


J. David Officer                   Dreyfus Service Corporation++         Executive Vice President   5/98 - Present
Vice Chairman                                                            Director                   3/99 - Present
And Director
                                   Dreyfus Service Organization, Inc.++  Director                   3/99 - Present

                                   Dreyfus Insurance Agency of           Director                   5/98 - Present
                                   Massachusetts, Inc.++++

                                   Dreyfus Brokerage Services, Inc.      Chairman                   3/99 - Present
                                   401 North Maple Avenue
                                   Beverly Hills, CA

                                   Seven Six Seven Agency, Inc.++        Director                   10/98 - Present

                                   Mellon Residential Funding Corp. +    Director                   4/97 - Present


                                   Mellon Trust of Florida, N.A.         Director                   8/97 - Present
                                   2875 Northeast 191st Street
J. David Officer                   North Miami Beach, FL 33180
Vice Chairman and
Director (Continued)               Mellon Bank, NA+                      Executive Vice President   7/96 - Present

                                   The Boston Company, Inc.*             Vice Chairman              1/97 - Present
                                                                         Director                   7/96 - Present

                                   Mellon Preferred Capital              Director                   11/96 - Present
                                   Corporation*

                                   RECO, Inc.*                           President                  11/96 - Present
                                                                         Director                   11/96 - Present

                                   The Boston Company Financial          President                  8/96 - Present
                                   Services, Inc.*                       Director                   8/96 - Present

                                   Boston Safe Deposit and Trust         Director                   7/96 - Present
                                   Company*                              President                  7/96 - 1/99



                                   Mellon Trust of New York              Director                   6/96 - Present
                                   1301 Avenue of the Americas
                                   New York, NY 10019

                                   Mellon Trust of California            Director                   6/96 - Present
                                   400 South Hope Street
                                   Suite 400
                                   Los Angeles, CA 90071


                                   Mellon United National Bank           Director                   3/98 - Present
                                   1399 SW 1st Ave., Suite 400
                                   Miami, Florida

                                   Boston Group Holdings, Inc.*          Director                   12/97 - Present

                                   Dreyfus Financial Services Corp. +    Director                   9/96 - Present

                                   Dreyfus Investment Services           Director                   4/96 - Present
                                   Corporation+

Richard W. Sabo                    Founders Asset Management LLC****     President                  12/98 - Present
Director                                                                 Chief Executive Officer    12/98 - Present

                                   Prudential Securities
                                   New York, NY                          Senior Vice President      07/91 - 11/98
                                                                         Regional Director          07/91 - 11/98

Richard F. Syron                   Thermo Electron                       President                  6/99 - Present
Director                           81 Wyman Street                       Chief Executive Officer    6/99 - Present
                                   Waltham, MA 02454-9046

                                   American Stock Exchange               Chairman                   4/94 -6/99
                                   86 Trinity Place                      Chief Executive Officer    4/94 - 6/99
                                   New York, NY 10006

Ronald P. O'Hanley                 Franklin Portfolio Holdings, Inc.*    Director                   3/97 - Present
Vice Chairman
                                   TBCAM Holdings, Inc.*                 Chairman                   6/98 - Present
                                                                         Director                   10/97 - Present

                                   The Boston Company Asset              Chairman                   6/98 - Present
                                   Management, LLC*                      Director                   1/98 - 6/98


                                   Boston Safe Advisors, Inc. *          Chairman                   6/97 - Present
                                                                         Director                   2/97 - Present

Ronald P. O'Hanley                 Pareto Partners                       Partner Representative     5/97 - Present
Vice Chairman                      271 Regent Street
Continued                          London, England W1R 8PP

                                   Mellon Capital Management             Director                   5/97 -Present
                                   Corporation***

                                   Certus Asset Advisors Corp.**         Director                   2/97 - Present

                                   Mellon Bond Associates+               Trustee                    2/97 - Present
                                                                         Chairman                   2/97 - Present

                                   Mellon Equity Associates+             Trustee                    2/97 - Present
                                                                         Chairman                   2/97 - Present

                                   Mellon-France Corporation+            Director                   3/97 - Present

                                   Laurel Capital Advisors+              Trustee                    3/97 - Present

Mark N. Jacobs                     Dreyfus Investment                    Director                   4/97 - Present
General Counsel,                   Advisors, Inc.++                      Secretary                  10/77 - 7/98
Vice President, and
Secretary                          The Dreyfus Trust Company+++          Director                   3/96 - Present

                                   The TruePenny Corporation++           President                  10/98 - Present
                                                                         Director                   3/96 - Present

                                   Dreyfus Service                       Director                   3/97 - 3/99
                                   Organization, Inc.++


William H. Maresca                 The Dreyfus Trust Company+++          Chief Financial Officer    3/99 - Present
Controller                                                               Treasurer                  9/98 - Present
                                                                         Director                   3/97 - Present

                                   Dreyfus Service Corporation++         Chief Financial Officer    12/98 - Present

                                   Dreyfus Consumer Credit Corp. ++      Treasurer                  10/98 -Present

                                   Dreyfus Investment                    Treasurer                  10/98 - Present
                                   Advisors, Inc. ++

                                   Dreyfus-Lincoln, Inc.                 Vice President             10/98 - Present
                                   4500 New Linden Hill Road
                                   Wilmington, DE 19808

                                   The TruePenny Corporation++           Vice President             10/98 - Present

                                   Dreyfus Precious Metals, Inc. +++     Treasurer                  10/98 - 12/98

                                   The Trotwood Corporation++            Vice President             10/98 - Present

                                   Trotwood Hunters Corporation++        Vice President             10/98 - Present

                                   Trotwood Hunters Site A Corp. ++      Vice President             10/98 - Present

                                   Dreyfus Transfer, Inc.                Chief Financial Officer    5/98 - Present
                                   One American Express Plaza,
                                   Providence, RI 02903

William H. Maresca                 Dreyfus Service                       Treasurer                  3/99 - Present
Controller (Continued)             Organization, Inc.++                  Assistant  Treasurer       3/93 - 3/99

William H. Maresca                 Dreyfus Insurance Agency of
Controller (Continued)             Massachusetts, Inc.++++               Assistant Treasurer        5/98 - Present

                                   Dreyfus Transfer, Inc.                Chairman                   2/97 - Present
                                   One American Express Plaza,
                                   Providence, RI 02903

                                   Dreyfus Service Corporation++         Director                   1/96 - Present
                                                                         Executive Vice President   2/97 - Present
                                                                         Chief Financial Officer    2/97-12/98

                                   Dreyfus Investment                    Director                   1/96 - Present
                                   Advisors, Inc.++                      Treasurer                  1/96 - 10/98


                                   Dreyfus-Lincoln, Inc.                 Director                   12/96 - Present
                                   4500 New Linden Hill Road             President                  1/97 - Present
                                   Wilmington, DE 19808

                                   Seven Six Seven Agency, Inc.++        Director                   1/96 - 10/98
                                                                         Treasurer                  10/96 - 10/98

                                   The Dreyfus Consumer                  Director                   1/96 - Present
                                   Credit Corp.++                        Vice President             1/96 - Present
                                                                         Treasurer                  1/97 - 10/98

                                   The Dreyfus Trust Company +++         Director                   1/96 - Present

                                   Dreyfus Service Organization,         Treasurer                  10/96- 3/99
                                   Inc.++


                                   Dreyfus Insurance Agency of           Director                   5/97 - 3/99
                                   Massachusetts, Inc.++++               Treasurer                  5/97- 3/99
                                                                         Executive Vice President   5/97 - 3/99

Diane P. Durnin                    Dreyfus Service Corporation++         Senior Vice President -    5/95 - 3/99
Vice President - Product                                                 Marketing and
Development                                                              Advertising Division

Patrice M. Kozlowski               None
Vice President - Corporate
Communications

Mary Beth Leibig                   None
Vice President -
Human Resources

Theodore A. Schachar               Dreyfus Service Corporation++         Vice President -Tax        10/96 - Present
Vice President - Tax
                                   The Dreyfus Consumer Credit           Chairman                   6/99 - Present
                                   Corporation ++                        President                  6/99 - Present

                                   Dreyfus Investment Advisors, Inc.++   Vice President - Tax       10/96 - Present

                                   Dreyfus Precious Metals, Inc. +++     Vice President - Tax       10/96 - 12/98

                                   Dreyfus Service Organization, Inc.++  Vice President - Tax       10/96 - Present

Wendy Strutt                       None
Vice President

Richard Terres                     None
Vice President

Raymond J. Van Cott                Mellon Financial Corporation+         Vice President             1/95 - Present
Vice-President -
Information Systems                Computer Sciences Corporation+        Vice President             1/96 - 7/98
                                   El Segundo, CA

James Bitetto                      The TruePenny Corporation++           Secretary                  9/98 - Present
Assistant Secretary
                                   Dreyfus Service Corporation++         Assistant Secretary        8/98 - Present

                                   Dreyfus Investment                    Assistant Secretary        7/98 - Present
                                   Advisors, Inc.++

                                   Dreyfus Service                       Assistant Secretary        7/98 - Present
                                   Organization, Inc.++

Steven F. Newman                   Dreyfus Transfer, Inc.                Vice President             2/97 - Present
Assistant Secretary                One American Express Plaza            Director                   2/97 - Present
                                   Providence, RI 02903                  Secretary                  2/97 - Present

                                   Dreyfus Service                       Secretary                  7/98 - Present
                                   Organization, Inc.++                  Assistant Secretary        5/98 - 7/98




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*     The address of the business so indicated is One Boston Place, Boston, Massachusetts, 02108.
**    The address of the business so  indicated  is One Bush Street,  Suite 450, San Francisco, California 94104.
***   The address of the business so indicated is 595 Market Street, Suite 3000, San Francisco, California 94105.
****  The address of the business so indicated is 2930 East Third Avenue,Denver, Colorado 80206.
+     The address of the business so indicated is One Mellon Bank Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15258.
++    The address of the business so indicated is 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166.
+++   The address of the business so indicated is 144 Glenn Curtiss Boulevard, Uniondale, New York 11556-0144.
++++  The address of the business so indicated is 53 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109
****  The address of the business so indicated is 2930 East Third Avenue,Denver, Colorado 80206.

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Item 27.   Principal Underwriters
- --------   ----------------------

      (a)  Other investment companies for which Registrant's principal
underwriter (exclusive distributor) acts as principal underwriter or exclusive
distributor:

      1)   Comstock Partners Funds, Inc.
      2)   Dreyfus A Bonds Plus, Inc.
      3)   Dreyfus Appreciation Fund, Inc.
      4)   Dreyfus Asset Allocation Fund, Inc.
      5)   Dreyfus Balanced Fund, Inc.
      6)   Dreyfus BASIC GNMA Fund
      7)   Dreyfus BASIC Money Market Fund, Inc.
      8)   Dreyfus BASIC Municipal Fund, Inc.
      9)   Dreyfus BASIC U.S. Government Money Market Fund
      10)  Dreyfus California Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
      11)  Dreyfus California Tax Exempt Bond Fund, Inc.
      12)  Dreyfus California Tax Exempt Money Market Fund
      13)  Dreyfus Cash Management
      14)  Dreyfus Cash Management Plus, Inc.
      15)  Dreyfus Connecticut Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
      16)  Dreyfus Connecticut Municipal Money Market Fund, Inc.
      17)  Dreyfus Florida Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
      18)  Dreyfus Florida Municipal Money Market Fund
      19)  The Dreyfus Fund Incorporated
      20)  Dreyfus Global Bond Fund, Inc.
      21)  Dreyfus Global Growth Fund
      22)  Dreyfus GNMA Fund, Inc.
      23)  Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds
      24)  Dreyfus Growth and Income Fund, Inc.
      25)  Dreyfus Growth and Value Funds, Inc.
      26)  Dreyfus Growth Opportunity Fund, Inc.
      27)  Dreyfus Debt and Equity Funds
      28)  Dreyfus Index Funds, Inc.
      29)  Dreyfus Institutional Money Market Fund
      30)  Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Money Market Fund
      31)  Dreyfus Institutional Short Term Treasury Fund
      32)  Dreyfus Insured Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
      33)  Dreyfus Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
      34)  Dreyfus International Funds, Inc.
      35)  Dreyfus Investment Grade Bond Funds, Inc.
      36)  Dreyfus Investment Portfolios
      37)  The Dreyfus/Laurel Funds, Inc.
      38)  The Dreyfus/Laurel Funds Trust
      39)  The Dreyfus/Laurel Tax-Free Municipal Funds
      40)  Dreyfus LifeTime Portfolios, Inc.
      41)  Dreyfus Liquid Assets, Inc.
      42)  Dreyfus Massachusetts Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
      43)  Dreyfus Massachusetts Municipal Money Market Fund
      44)  Dreyfus Massachusetts Tax Exempt Bond Fund
      45)  Dreyfus MidCap Index Fund 46) Dreyfus Money Market Instruments, Inc.
      47)  Dreyfus Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
      48)  Dreyfus Municipal Cash Management Plus
      49)  Dreyfus Municipal Money Market Fund, Inc.
      50)  Dreyfus New Jersey Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
      51)  Dreyfus New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
      52)  Dreyfus New Jersey Municipal Money Market Fund, Inc.
      53)  Dreyfus New Leaders Fund, Inc.
      54)  Dreyfus New York Insured Tax Exempt Bond Fund
      55)  Dreyfus New York Municipal Cash Management
      56)  Dreyfus New York Tax Exempt Bond Fund, Inc.
      57)  Dreyfus New York Tax Exempt Intermediate Bond Fund
      58)  Dreyfus New York Tax Exempt Money Market Fund
      59)  Dreyfus U.S. Treasury Intermediate Term Fund
      60)  Dreyfus U.S. Treasury Long Term Fund
      61)  Dreyfus 100% U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund
      62)  Dreyfus U.S. Treasury Short Term Fund
      63)  Dreyfus Pennsylvania Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
      64)  Dreyfus Pennsylvania Municipal Money Market Fund
      65)  Dreyfus Premier California Municipal Bond Fund
      66)  Dreyfus Premier Equity Funds, Inc.
      67)  Dreyfus Premier International Funds, Inc.
      68)  Dreyfus Premier GNMA Fund
      69)  Dreyfus Premier Worldwide Growth Fund, Inc.
      70)  Dreyfus Premier Municipal Bond Fund
      71)  Dreyfus Premier New York Municipal Bond Fund
      72)  Dreyfus Premier State Municipal Bond Fund
      73)  Dreyfus Premier Value Equity Funds
      74)  Dreyfus Short-Intermediate Government Fund
      75)  Dreyfus Short-Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
      76)  The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc.
      77)  Dreyfus Stock Index Fund
      78)  Dreyfus Tax Exempt Cash Management
      79)  The Dreyfus Third Century Fund, Inc.
      80)  Dreyfus Treasury Cash Management
      81)  Dreyfus Treasury Prime Cash Management
      82)  Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund
      83)  Dreyfus Worldwide Dollar Money Market Fund, Inc.
      84)  Founders Funds, Inc.
      85)  General California Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
      86)  General California Municipal Money Market Fund
      87)  General Government Securities Money Market Fund, Inc.
      88)  General Money Market Fund, Inc.
      89)  General Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
      90)  General Municipal Money Market Funds, Inc.
      91)  General New York Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
      92)  General New York Municipal Money Market Fund



(b)
                                                            Positions and
Name and principal        Positions and offices with        offices with
business address          the Distributor                   Registrant
- ------------------        ---------------------------       -------------

Marie E. Connolly+        Director, President, Chief        President and
                          Executive Officer and Chief       Treasurer
                          Compliance Officer

Joseph F. Tower, III+     Director, Senior Vice President,  Vice President
                          Treasurer and Chief Financial     and Assistant
                          Officer                           Treasurer

Mary A. Nelson+           Vice President                    Vice President
                                                            and Assistant
                                                            Treasurer

Jean M. O'Leary+          Assistant Vice President,         None
                          Assistant Secretary and
                          Assistant Clerk

William J. Nutt+          Chairman of the Board             None

Stephanie D. Pierce++     Vice President                    Vice President,
                                                            Assistant Secretary
                                                            and Assistant
                                                            Treasurer

Patrick W. McKeon+        Vice President                    None

Joseph A. Vignone+        Vice President                    None


- --------------------------------
 + Principal business address is 60 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.
++ Principal business address is 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166.




Item 28.       Location of Accounts and Records
- -------            --------------------------------

               1.  Mellon Bank, N.A.
                   One Mellon Bank Center
                   Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15258

               2.  Dreyfus Transfer, Inc.
                   P.O. Box 9671
                   Providence, Rhode Island 02940-9671

               3.  The Dreyfus Corporation
                   200 Park Avenue
                   New York, New York 10166

Item 29.       Management Services
- -------        -------------------

               Not Applicable

Item 30.       Undertakings
- -------        ------------


                                   SIGNATURES
                                   ------------

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this
Amendment to the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of New York, and State of New York on the 8th day of
February, 2000.

                  DREYFUS LIFETIME PORTFOLIOS, INC.

           BY:   /s/Marie E. Connolly*
                 --------------------------------
                 Marie E. Connolly, PRESIDENT

     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment
to the Registration  Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.

        Signatures                            Title                       Date
- --------------------------             ------------------------------- ---------

/s/Marie E. Connolly*                  President and Treasurer       02/07/00
______________________________         (Principal Executive
Marie E. Connolly                      and Financial Officer)

/s/ Joseph S. DiMartino*               Chairman of the Board         02/07/00
- ------------------------------
Joseph S. DiMartino

/s/Lucy Wilson Benson*                 Director                      02/07/00
- ------------------------------
Lucy Wilson Benson

/s/David W. Burke*                     Director                      02/07/00
- -----------------------------
David W. Burke

/s/Martin D. Fife*                     Director                      02/07/00
- -----------------------------
Martin D. Fife

/s/Robert R. Glauber*                  Director                      02/07/00
- -----------------------------
Robert R. Glauber

/s/Whitney I. Gerard*                  Director                      02/07/00
- -----------------------------
Whitney I. Gerard

/s/Arthur A. Hartman*                  Director                      02/07/00
- ----------------------------
Arthur A. Hartman

/s/George L. Perry*                    Director                      02/07/00
- -----------------------------
George L. Perry

/s/Paul D. Wolfowitz*                  Director                      02/07/00
- -----------------------------
Paul D. Wolfowitz

*BY:       /s/Stephanie Pierce
           --------------------------
           Stephanie Pierce,
           Attorney-in-Fact

                    DREYFUS LIFETIME PORTFOLIOS, INC.



                            INDEX OF EXHIBITS



                   (e) Amended Distribution Agreement












                             DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT


                             DREYFUS LIFETIME PORTFOLIOS, INC.
                                 200 Park Avenue
                            New York, New York 10166



                                                                 August 24, 1994
                                                     As Amended November 4, 1999


Premier Mutual Fund Services, Inc.
60 State Street
Boston, Massachusetts  02109


Dear Sirs:

            This is to confirm that, in consideration of the agreements
hereinafter contained, the above-named investment company (the "Fund") has
agreed that you shall be, for the period of this agreement, the distributor of
(a) shares of each Series of the Fund set forth on Exhibit A hereto, as such
Exhibit may be revised from time to time (each, a "Series") or (b) if no Series
are set forth on such Exhibit, shares of the Fund. For purposes of this
agreement the term "Shares" shall mean the authorized shares of the relevant
Series, if any, and otherwise shall mean the Fund's authorized shares.

            1.  Services as Distributor

            1.1 You will act as agent for the distribution of Shares covered by,
and in accordance with, the registration statement and prospectus then in effect
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and will transmit promptly any
orders received by you for purchase or redemption of Shares to the Transfer and
Dividend Disbursing Agent for the Fund of which the Fund has notified you in
writing.

            1.2 You agree to use your best efforts to solicit orders for the
sale of Shares. It is contemplated that you will enter into sales or servicing
agreements with securities dealers, financial institutions and other industry
professionals, such as investment advisers, accountants and estate planning
firms, and in so doing you will act only on your own behalf as principal.

            1.3 You shall act as distributor of Shares in compliance with all
applicable laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, all rules
and regulations made or adopted pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended, by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any securities
association registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

            1.4 Whenever in their judgment such action is warranted by market,
economic or political conditions, or by abnormal circumstances of any kind, the
Fund's officers may decline to accept any orders for, or make any sales of, any
Shares until such time as they deem it advisable to accept such orders and to
make such sales and the Fund shall advise you promptly of such determination.

            1.5 The Fund agrees to pay all costs and expenses in connection with
the registration of Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all
expenses in connection with maintaining facilities for the issue and transfer of
Shares and for supplying information, prices and other data to be furnished by
the Fund hereunder, and all expenses in connection with the preparation and
printing of the Fund's prospectuses and statements of additional information for
regulatory purposes and for distribution to shareholders; provided, however,
that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to require the Fund to pay any of
the costs of advertising the sale of Shares.

            1.6 The Fund agrees to execute any and all documents and to furnish
any and all information and otherwise to take all actions which may be
reasonably necessary in the discretion of the Fund's officers in connection with
the qualification of Shares for sale in such states as you may designate to the
Fund and the Fund may approve, and the Fund agrees to pay all expenses which may
be incurred in connection with such qualification. You shall pay all expenses
connected with your own qualification as a dealer under state or Federal laws
and, except as otherwise specifically provided in this agreement, all other
expenses incurred by you in connection with the sale of Shares as contemplated
in this agreement.

            1.7 The Fund shall furnish you from time to time, for use in
connection with the sale of Shares, such information with respect to the Fund or
any relevant Series and the Shares as you may reasonably request, all of which
shall be signed by one or more of the Fund's duly authorized officers; and the
Fund warrants that the statements contained in any such information, when so
signed by the Fund's officers, shall be true and correct. The Fund also shall
furnish you upon request with: (a) semi-annual reports and annual audited
reports of the Fund's books and accounts made by independent public accountants
regularly retained by the Fund, (b) quarterly earnings statements prepared by
the Fund, (c) a monthly itemized list of the securities in the Fund's or, if
applicable, each Series' portfolio, (d) monthly balance sheets as soon as
practicable after the end of each month, and (e) from time to time such
additional information regarding the Fund's financial condition as you may
reasonably request.

            1.8 The Fund represents to you that all registration statements and
prospectuses filed by the Fund with the Securities and Exchange Commission under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, with respect to the Shares have been carefully prepared in
conformity with the requirements of said Acts and rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder. As used in this agreement the
terms "registration statement" and "prospectus" shall mean any registration
statement and prospectus, including the statement of additional information
incorporated by reference therein, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and any amendments and supplements thereto which at any time shall
have been filed with said Commission. The Fund represents and warrants to you
that any registration statement and prospectus, when such registration statement
becomes effective, will contain all statements required to be stated therein in
conformity with said Acts and the rules and regulations of said Commission; that
all statements of fact contained in any such registration statement and
prospectus will be true and correct when such registration statement becomes
effective; and that neither any registration statement nor any prospectus when
such registration statement becomes effective will include an untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The Fund may
but shall not be obligated to propose from time to time such amendment or
amendments to any registration statement and such supplement or supplements to
any prospectus as, in the light of future developments, may, in the opinion of
the Fund's counsel, be necessary or advisable. If the Fund shall not propose
such amendment or amendments and/or supplement or supplements within fifteen
days after receipt by the Fund of a written request from you to do so, you may,
at your option, terminate this agreement or decline to make offers of the Fund's
securities until such amendments are made. The Fund shall not file any amendment
to any registration statement or supplement to any prospectus without giving you
reasonable notice thereof in advance; provided, however, that nothing contained
in this agreement shall in any way limit the Fund's right to file at any time
such amendments to any registration statement and/or supplements to any
prospectus, of whatever character, as the Fund may deem advisable, such right
being in all respects absolute and unconditional.

            1.9 The Fund authorizes you to use any prospectus in the form
furnished to you from time to time, in connection with the sale of Shares. The
Fund agrees to indemnify, defend and hold you, your several officers and
directors, and any person who controls you within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, free and harmless from and against any
and all claims, demands, liabilities and expenses (including the cost of
investigating or defending such claims, demands or liabilities and any counsel
fees incurred in connection therewith) which you, your officers and directors,
or any such controlling person, may incur under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or under common law or otherwise, arising out of or based upon any
untrue statement, or alleged untrue statement, of a material fact contained in
any registration statement or any prospectus or arising out of or based upon any
omission, or alleged omission, to state a material fact required to be stated in
either any registration statement or any prospectus or necessary to make the
statements in either thereof not misleading; provided, however, that the Fund's
agreement to indemnify you, your officers or directors, and any such controlling
person shall not be deemed to cover any claims, demands, liabilities or expenses
arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission made in any registration statement or prospectus in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Fund by you
specifically for use in the preparation thereof. The Fund's agreement to
indemnify you, your officers and directors, and any such controlling person, as
aforesaid, is expressly conditioned upon the Fund's being notified of any action
brought against you, your officers or directors, or any such controlling person,
such notification to be given by letter or by telegram addressed to the Fund at
its address set forth above within ten days after the summons or other first
legal process shall have been served. The failure so to notify the Fund of any
such action shall not relieve the Fund from any liability which the Fund may
have to the person against whom such action is brought by reason of any such
untrue, or alleged untrue, statement or omission, or alleged omission, otherwise
than on account of the Fund's indemnity agreement contained in this paragraph
1.9. The Fund will be entitled to assume the defense of any suit brought to
enforce any such claim, demand or liability, but, in such case, such defense
shall be conducted by counsel of good standing chosen by the Fund and approved
by you. In the event the Fund elects to assume the defense of any such suit and
retain counsel of good standing approved by you, the defendant or defendants in
such suit shall bear the fees and expenses of any additional counsel retained by
any of them; but in case the Fund does not elect to assume the defense of any
such suit, or in case you do not approve of counsel chosen by the Fund, the Fund
will reimburse you, your officers and directors, or the controlling person or
persons named as defendant or defendants in such suit, for the fees and expenses
of any counsel retained by you or them. The Fund's indemnification agreement
contained in this paragraph 1.9 and the Fund's representations and warranties in
this agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of
any investigation made by or on behalf of you, your officers and directors, or
any controlling person, and shall survive the delivery of any Shares. This
agreement of indemnity will inure exclusively to your benefit, to the benefit of
your several officers and directors, and their respective estates, and to the
benefit of any controlling persons and their successors. The Fund agrees
promptly to notify you of the commencement of any litigation or proceedings
against the Fund or any of its officers or Board members in connection with the
issue and sale of Shares.

            1.10 You agree to indemnify, defend and hold the Fund, its several
officers and Board members, and any person who controls the Fund within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, free and
harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities and expenses
(including the cost of investigating or defending such claims, demands or
liabilities and any counsel fees incurred in connection therewith) which the
Fund, its officers or Board members, or any such controlling person, may incur
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under common law or otherwise,
but only to the extent that such liability or expense incurred by the Fund, its
officers or Board members, or such controlling person resulting from such claims
or demands, shall arise out of or be based upon any untrue, or alleged untrue,
statement of a material fact contained in information furnished in writing by
you to the Fund specifically for use in the Fund's registration statement and
used in the answers to any of the items of the registration statement or in the
corresponding statements made in the prospectus, or shall arise out of or be
based upon any omission, or alleged omission, to state a material fact in
connection with such information furnished in writing by you to the Fund and
required to be stated in such answers or necessary to make such information not
misleading. Your agreement to indemnify the Fund, its officers and Board
members, and any such controlling person, as aforesaid, is expressly conditioned
upon your being notified of any action brought against the Fund, its officers or
Board members, or any such controlling person, such notification to be given by
letter or telegram addressed to you at your address set forth above within ten
days after the summons or other first legal process shall have been served. You
shall have the right to control the defense of such action, with counsel of your
own choosing, satisfactory to the Fund, if such action is based solely upon such
alleged misstatement or omission on your part, and in any other event the Fund,
its officers or Board members, or such controlling person shall each have the
right to participate in the defense or preparation of the defense of any such
action. The failure so to notify you of any such action shall not relieve you
from any liability which you may have to the Fund, its officers or Board
members, or to such controlling person by reason of any such untrue, or alleged
untrue, statement or omission, or alleged omission, otherwise than on account of
your indemnity agreement contained in this paragraph 1.10. This agreement of
indemnity will inure exclusively to the Fund's benefit, to the benefit of the
Fund's officers and Board members, and their respective estates, and to the
benefit of any controlling persons and their successors.

You agree promptly to notify the Fund of the commencement of any litigation or
proceedings against you or any of your officers or directors in connection with
the issue and sale of Shares.

            1.11 No Shares shall be offered by either you or the Fund under any
of the provisions of this agreement and no orders for the purchase or sale of
such Shares hereunder shall be accepted by the Fund if and so long as the
effectiveness of the registration statement then in effect or any necessary
amendments thereto shall be suspended under any of the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or if and so long as a current prospectus as
required by Section 10 of said Act, as amended, is not on file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission; provided, however, that nothing contained in
this paragraph 1.11 shall in any way restrict or have an application to or
bearing upon the Fund's obligation to repurchase any Shares from any shareholder
in accordance with the provisions of the Fund's prospectus or charter documents.

            1.12  The Fund agrees to advise you immediately in writing:

                         (a)  of any  request  by the  Securities  and  Exchange
                    Commission for amendments to the  registration  statement or
                    prospectus then in effect or for additional information;

                         (b) in the event of the issuance by the  Securities and
                    Exchange   Commission  of  any  stop  order  suspending  the
                    effectiveness  of the  registration  statement or prospectus
                    then in effect or the  initiation of any proceeding for that
                    purpose;

                         (c) of the  happening  of any event which makes  untrue
                    any  statement of a material  fact made in the  registration
                    statement or prospectus then in effect or which requires the
                    making  of  a  change  in  such  registration  statement  or
                    prospectus  in  order  to make the  statements  therein  not
                    misleading; and

                         (d)  of all  actions  of the  Securities  and  Exchange
                    Commission   with   respect   to  any   amendments   to  any
                    registration  statement or prospectus which may from time to
                    time be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

            2.  Offering Price

            Shares of any class of the Fund offered for sale by you shall be
offered for sale at a price per share (the "offering price") approximately equal
to (a) their net asset value (determined in the manner set forth in the Fund's
charter documents) plus (b) a sales charge, if any and except to those persons
set forth in the then-current prospectus, which shall be the percentage of the
offering price of such Shares as set forth in the Fund's then-current
prospectus. The offering price, if not an exact multiple of one cent, shall be
adjusted to the nearest cent. In addition, Shares of any class of the Fund
offered for sale by you may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge as
set forth in the Fund's then-current prospectus. You shall be entitled to
receive any sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge in respect of the
Shares. Any payments to dealers shall be governed by a separate agreement
between you and such dealer and the Fund's then-current prospectus.

            3.  Term

            This agreement shall continue until the date (the "Reapproval Date")
set forth on Exhibit A hereto (and, if the Fund has Series, a separate
Reapproval Date shall be specified on Exhibit A for each Series), and thereafter
shall continue automatically for successive annual periods ending on the day
(the "Reapproval Day") of each year set forth on Exhibit A hereto, provided such
continuance is specifically approved at least annually by (i) the Fund's Board
or (ii) vote of a majority (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940) of
the Shares of the Fund or the relevant Series, as the case may be, provided that
in either event its continuance also is approved by a majority of the Board
members who are not "interested persons" (as defined in said Act) of any party
to this agreement, by vote cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of
voting on such approval. This agreement is terminable without penalty, on 60
days' notice, by vote of holders of a majority of the Fund's or, as to any
relevant Series, such Series' outstanding voting securities or by the Fund's
Board as to the Fund or the relevant Series, as the case may be. This agreement
is terminable by you, upon 270 days' notice, effective on or after the fifth
anniversary of the date hereof. This agreement also will terminate
automatically, as to the Fund or relevant Series, as the case may be, in the
event of its assignment (as defined in said Act).

            4.  Exclusivity


            So long as you act as the distributor of Shares, you shall not
perform any services for any entity other than a "Mellon Entity," such term
being defined as any entity that is advised or administered by a direct or
indirect subsidiary of the Mellon Financial Corporation. The Fund acknowledges
that the persons employed by you to assist in the performance of your duties
under this agreement may not devote their full time to such service and, subject
to the preceding sentence, nothing contained in this agreement shall be deemed
to limit or restrict your or any of your affiliates right to engage in and
devote time and attention to other businesses or to render services of whatever
kind or nature.



                 Please confirm that the foregoing is in accordance with your
understanding and indicate your acceptance hereof by signing below, whereupon it
shall become a binding agreement between us.

                                Very truly yours,

                                   DREYFUS LIFETIME PORTFOLIOS, INC.



                                    By: _______________________


Accepted:

PREMIER MUTUAL FUND SERVICES, INC.



By:_______________________________


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                                    EXHIBIT A




Name of Series              Reapproval Date           Reapproval Day


Growth Portfolio            February 2, 2001          February 2nd

Growth and Income           February 2, 2001          February 2nd
  Portfolio

Income Portfolio            February 2, 2001          February 2nd









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