DREYFUS BASIC MONEY MARKET FUND, INC (Prospectus Summary) | DREYFUS BASIC MONEY MARKET FUND, INC

Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The fund seeks as high a level of current income as is consistent with the
preservation of capital and the maintenance of liquidity.

Fees and Expenses

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold
shares of the fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment if your account balance is less than $50,000)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)	DREYFUS BASIC MONEY MARKET FUND, INC
Exchange fee	5.00
Account closeout fee	5.00
Wire and Dreyfus TeleTransfer redemption fee	5.00
Checkwriting charge	2.00

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses		DREYFUS BASIC MONEY MARKET FUND, INC
Management fees		0.50%
Other expenses (including shareholder services fees)		0.17%
Total annual fund operating expenses		0.67%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement	[1]	(0.22%)
Total annual fund operating expenses (after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement)		0.45%

Example

The Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund
with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you
invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all
of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your
investment has a 5% return each year and that the fund's operating expenses
remain the same. The one-year example and the first year of the three-, five-
and ten-years examples are based on net operating expenses, which reflect the
expense waiver/reimbursement by The Dreyfus Corporation. Although your actual
costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)	Expense Example, With Redemption, 1 Year	Expense Example, With Redemption, 3 Years	Expense Example, With Redemption, 5 Years	Expense Example, With Redemption, 10 Years
DREYFUS BASIC MONEY MARKET FUND, INC	46	192	351	814

Principal Investment Strategy

As a money market fund, the fund is subject to the maturity, quality, liquidity
and diversification requirements of Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended, which are designed to help money market funds maintain a
stable share price of $1.00. To pursue its goal, the fund invests in a
diversified portfolio of high quality, short-term, dollar-denominated debt
securities, including: securities issued or guaranteed as to principal and
interest by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities;
certificates of deposit, time deposits, bankers' acceptances and other
short-term securities issued by domestic or foreign banks or thrifts or their
subsidiaries or branches; repurchase agreements, including tri-party repurchase
agreements; asset-backed securities; domestic and dollar-denominated foreign
commercial paper and other short-term corporate obligations, including those
with floating or variable rates of interest; and dollar-denominated obligations
issued or guaranteed by one or more foreign governments or any of their
political subdivisions and agencies. Normally, the fund invests at least 25% of
its net assets in domestic or dollar-denominated foreign bank obligations.

Principal Risks

An investment in the fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency. Although the fund
seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is
possible to lose money by investing in the fund.

The fund's yield will fluctuate as the short-term securities in its portfolio
mature and the proceeds are reinvested in securities with different interest
rates. Additionally, while the fund has maintained a constant share price since
inception, and will continue to try to do so, neither The Dreyfus Corporation
nor its affiliates are required to make a capital infusion, enter into a capital
support agreement or take other actions to prevent the fund's share price from
falling below $1.00. The following are the principal risks that could reduce the
fund's income level and/or share price:

o Interest rate risk. This risk refers to the decline in the prices of
fixed-income securities that may accompany a rise in the overall level of
interest rates. A sharp and unexpected rise in interest rates could cause a
money market fund's share price to drop below a dollar.

o Credit risk. Failure of an issuer to make timely interest or principal
payments, or a decline or perception of a decline in the credit quality of a
security, can cause the security's price to fall, potentially lowering the
fund's share price. Although the fund invests only in high quality debt
securities, any of the fund's holdings could have its credit rating downgraded
or could default. The credit quality of the securities held by the fund can
change rapidly in certain market environments, and the default of a single
holding could have the potential to cause significant deterioration of the
fund's net asset value.

o Liquidity risk. When there is little or no active trading market for specific
types of securities, it can become more difficult to sell the securities at or
near their perceived value. In such a market, the value of such securities may
fall dramatically, potentially lowering the fund's share price, even during
periods of declining interest rates. Also, during such periods, redemptions by a
few large investors in the fund may have a significant adverse effect on the
fund's net asset value and remaining fund shareholders.

o Banking industry risk. The risks generally associated with concentrating
investments in the banking industry, such as interest rate risk, credit risk,
and regulatory developments relating to the banking industry.

o Foreign investment risk. The risks generally associated with
dollar-denominated foreign investments, such as economic and political
developments, seizure or nationalization of deposits, imposition of taxes or
other restrictions on payment of principal and interest.

o Government securities risk. Not all obligations of the U.S. government, its
agencies and instrumentalities are backed by the full faith and credit of the
U.S. Treasury. Some obligations are backed only by the credit of the issuing
agency or instrumentality, and in some cases there may be some risk of default
by the issuer. Any guarantee by the U.S. government or its agencies or
instrumentalities of a security held by the fund does not apply to the market
value of such security or to shares of the fund itself. A security backed by the
U.S. Treasury or the full faith and credit of the United States is guaranteed
only as to the timely payment of interest and principal when held to maturity.
In addition, because many types of U.S. government securities trade actively
outside the United States, their prices may rise and fall as changes in global
economic conditions affect the demand for these securities.

o Repurchase agreement counterparty risk. The risk that a counterparty in a
repurchase agreement could fail to honor the terms of its agreement.

Performance

The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing
in the fund. The table shows the average annual total returns of the fund's shares
over time. The fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is no guarantee of
future results. More recent performance information may be available at
www.dreyfus.com.

The bar chart shows changes in the performance of the fund's shares from year
to year.

Year-by-Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year (%)

Best Quarter             
Q4, 2006: 1.24%          
Worst Quarter            
Q4, 2011: 0.00%

Average Annual Total Returns as of 12/31/11

Average Annual Total Returns	Average Annual Returns, 1 Year	Average Annual Returns, 5 Years	Average Annual Returns, 10 Years
DREYFUS BASIC MONEY MARKET FUND, INC	none	1.59%	1.89%

For the fund's current yield, call toll free 1-800-DREYFUS (inside the U.S. only).

[1] The Dreyfus Corporation has contractually agreed to waive receipt of its fees and/or assume the expenses of the fund so that total annual fund operating expenses do not exceed 0.45%. The Dreyfus Corporation may terminate the agreement upon at least 90 days' prior notice to investors, but has committed not to do so until at least July 1, 2013.