Putnam Investments
                                                  One Post Office Square
                                                  Boston, MA 02109
                                                  March 3, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20549

RE: Putnam Convertible Income-Growth Trust (Reg. No. 2-43384) (811-2280)
    (the "Fund") Post-Effective Amendment No. 37 to Registration Statement
    on Form N-1A

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Fund hereby certifies that the form of Prospectuses and Statement of
Additional Information that would have been filed on behalf of the Fund
pursuant to Rule 497(c) upon the effectiveness of Post-Effective Amendment
No. 37 to the Fund's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (the "Amendment")
would not have differed from that contained in the Amendment, which is the
most recent amendment to such Registration Statement and was filed
electronically on February 28, 2000.

     Comments or questions concerning this certificate may be directed to
Kathleen Moynihan at 1-800-225-2465, ext. 11796.

                                     Very truly yours,

                                     Putnam Convertible Income-Growth Trust

                                     /s/ Gordon H. Silver
                                 By: ----------------------------
                                     Gordon H. Silver
                                     Vice President
cc: David Coombs, Esquire