Nuveen Real Asset Income and Growth Fund (JRI) CORRESP Correspondence with SEC

April 24, 2017

VIA EDGAR

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Investment Management

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Re: Nuveen Real Asset Income and Growth Fund

Registration Statement on Form N-14 8C

(File No. 333-216753)                                                     

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned hereby requests that the effective date for Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-14 8C referenced above be accelerated so that it will become effective as of April 26, 2017, or as soon thereafter as practicable.

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Sincerely,
NUVEEN REAL ASSET INCOME AND GROWTH FUND
By:	/s/ Gifford R. Zimmerman
Name:	Gifford R. Zimmerman
Title:	Vice President and Secretary