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THE PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS, INC.
Gateway Center Three
100 Mulberry Street
Newark, NJ 07102-4077
December 12, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
Re: The Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc.
Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A
(Securities Act File No. 33-61997
Investment Company Act File No. 811-07343)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "1933 Act"), The Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. (the "Fund") hereby
certifies that:
(1) the forms of prospectus and statement of additional information that
would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the 1933 Act
would not have differed from those contained in Post-Effective
Amendment No. 16 to the Fund's Registration Statement on Form N-1A,
constituting the most recent amendment to the Fund's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A (except for the four-page wrapper with
respect to Class I shares of Prudential Jennison Growth Fund, shares
of which will not be offered until a 497 filing with respect thereto
is made); and
(2) the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to the Fund's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A was filed electronically with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 8, 2000.
Very truly yours,
THE PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS, INC.
/s/ Jonathan D. Shain
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Jonathan D. Shain
Assistant Secretary
