PRUDENTIAL






                                                   May 1, 2002

VIA EDGAR
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549

                           Re:      Prudential Government Income Fund, Inc.
                                    (File No. 2-82976)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Pursuant to subparagraph (j) of Rule 497 under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "1933 Act"), the registrant hereby certifies (i) that its
Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information that would have been filed
pursuant to Rule 497(c) would not have differed from the Prospectus and
Statement of Additional Information contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 30
and (ii) that the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 30 was filed
electronically on April 29, 2002.


                                       Prudential Government Income Fund, Inc.


                                       By: /s/DEBORAH A. DOCS
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                                       Deborah A. Docs, Esq.
                                       Secretary




cc:   Alice J. Gerstel