Great Question :-) After re-engineering Field UI module found a simple way to retrieve above details...
$bundle = field_extract_bundle('field_collection_item', 'field_my_collection_fields');
$instances = field_info_instances('field_collection_item', $bundle);
foreach ($instances as $field_name => $field_properties) {
if ($field_properties['required'] == 1) {
dpmdrupal_set_message($field_name . " is required");
}
else {
dpmdrupal_set_message($field_name . " is not required");
}
}
Replace field_my_collection_fields with your field collection field name in above code ...