What is the margin requirements for Nifty/Stock futures?

What is the margin requirements for Nifty Futures as compared to spot market where it cent percent. If I buy 225 shares @ 225 in stock futures do I need to pay the entire amount or only the margin required? What is the modus-operandi?|||for nifty future you have to pay a margin of 12% of the value of the contract and for stock futures 20 %.as per your examples you have to pay a margin of rs 10125|||no. you dont have to pay the entire amount. you can get margin from your broker. the exact margin amount varies from broker to broker. but generally it is around 10-15%